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| Plot Summary of Dead Run |
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"Two Chicago cops take on the Russian Mob, while transporting a witness back to Chicago to testify against the Russian mob. Running a gauntlet of assassins and mercenaries, Jack Riley and Ken Alston fight to bring Andreya Petrovitch back to Chicago to testify against Ivan Rudinov.
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Bill Craig, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Dead Run |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here?
- breaking up mobsters
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Genius (really!)
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
- wild
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
The antagonists are:
- foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Chicago
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths?
- 8 or more
Unusual forms of death
- diced
- run over
- crushed
- decapitated
- perforation--bullets
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
- exploded into bits
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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