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"Constable's Run
Five Star, Oct 2002, 25.95, 318 pp.
ISBN: 0786246413
After serving sixteen years as the elected Constable of Tarrant County, Texas, Jinx Porter has four years to go before he can retire with a pension. However, the fifty-year-old veteran law enforcement official has a competitor this time, a very well funded junior college student Rudy Castro who has no experience in the field at all.
Jinx worries about losing but goes about his job while his girlfriend Reserve Deputy Raven has two problems to contend with. Prince Ivan Balough of the Gypsies has a contract on her for a slight and her beloved Jinx has been cheating with another woman. What is a girl to do? Simple: eliminate the threat to one's life and gain revenge on her former lover by taking away what is most cherished by him.
CONSTABLE'S RUN is an exciting character driven police procedural (perhaps more like a sheriff procedural). The story line engages the reader in a humorous way from the start especially with the constables doing their job. Raven is a delightful heroine and Jinx acts like a beleaguered individual lost at every turn. Though the Gypsy subplot never really adds the suspense that one would expect of a death threat, fans will relish Laura Moore's strong tale starring a wonderful champion.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Life of a profession:
- lawmen
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual Style:
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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