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Plot Summary of Double Jeopardy
"Excellent suspenser in which four world leaders are scheduled to travel by train from Paris to Vienna for a peace summit. Two evil organisations are out to hijack the train and destabilise Europe for the own right-wing and communist interests - who will get to the politicians first? It is up to British secret agents Martel and Tweed, in his first outing, to stop the threat."
Nick Warren, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Double Jeopardy
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - very upbeat
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - preventing/finding assassin - kidnap/rescue
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - spy
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - nazis

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - France - Germany - Switzerland
Forest? Yes
Water? Yes
Water: - pleasure/love boat - sail boat - scuba under - drowning
Air? Yes
Air: - passenger plane
City? Yes
City: - London - dangerous - wealthy
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting - resort/hotel - moving train - fort/military installation

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - dropped from large heights - diced - run over - drowned - decapitated - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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