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" When jockey Martin Stukely dies after a fall at Cheltenham, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen videotape. Logan is a glassblower on the verge of widespread acclaim. Long accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass and in maintaining a glassmaking furnace at never less than 1800 degrees Fahrenheit, Logan is suddenly faced with terrifying threats to his business, his courage, and his life. Believing that the missing video holds the key to a priceless treasure, and wrongly convinced that Logan knows where to find it, criminal forces set out to press him for information he doesn't have. To survive, he realizes that he himself must sort out the truth. The final race to the tape throws more hazards in Logan's way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined."
Di Bingham, Resident Scholar
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"Gerard Logan is a British glassblower with his own shop and a taste for horse racing. His close friend, jockey Martin Stukely, is killed in a freak accident during a race, thus casting a bleak pall for the approaching new millennium Gerard had hoped to celebrate with his friend. Instead Gerard comes into possession of a videotape entrusted to him by Martin, and before Gerard can view the tape's contents it is stolen by a burglar.
When a separate group of vicious horse handicappers demands the tape, Gerard has trouble convincing them of its disappearance.Gerard is thus compelled to discover the mystery of the tape, in turn preserving the safety of his late friend's family and reputation.
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Margie Cross, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of story
- very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of investigator
- amateur citizen investigator
- british mystery (I say!)
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Crime plotlets:
- search for valuable art/artifacts
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- is very quick
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
- just the right amount
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
- throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist
- money/treasure
The antagonists are:
- gangs
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 2
- 3-4
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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