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Plot Summary of What Goes Around
"From Mombasa to Massachusetts, seemingly random accidents claim the lives of Scotland Yard and FBI detectives. All the victims had participated in destroying the Colorado-based criminal empire of Ensenada, a brilliant chemical engineer.

Ensenada is officially dead, but to certain Yard brass, the series of deaths cannot be a coincidence. As the lead member of the original investigative team, former MI6 officer, Jack Dyson is certain to be a key target and is enlisted to track down the cop killer.

Dyson discovers that Ensenada is indeed alive and secure in a new identity. Not content with revenge, he is rebuilding his decimated fortune through a revolutionary electronics production process that requires worldwide cornering of a rare metal, palladium. "

Chris Thompson, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of What Goes Around
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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? - finding a known killer
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by killer/stalker

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? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - British
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - scientist
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - quite fatty

Setting
United States Yes
Europe Yes
Africa Yes
Part of Africa: - Black Africa
The Americas (not US): Yes

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy
Unusual forms of death - drowned - impaled
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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