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Scribner, April 2002, 24.00, 320 pp.
ISBN 0743222075
Chris Nielson has lost his job in the rock and roll band he has played with for years and his long time girlfriend has thrown him out physically after he kept her out of his life emotionally. Needing to regroup and reenergize, he accepts a job as a house sitter for his father's friend on a tiny island off the Maryland Coast connected to the mainland by an unnamed, almost hidden bridge.
The owner of the house, Ted Harper, is a very successful, wealthy and powerful businessman who decides to show Chris that he isn't living up to his potential. When he discovers what his employee is doing, Chris takes his revenge in a very diabolical manner. His satisfaction is very short lived because he crossed the wrong person, a man who knows how to take care of his enemies.
John Maxwell's debut novel is the ultimate in suspense, a work that could have been created by Anthony Shaffer (SLEUTH) or Ira Levin (DEATHTRAP) because it is so darkly foreboding and atmospheric. POINT FURY stars two characters, neither of them very likable, making it remarkable that readers become involved in the torturous mind games that the predator designs for his prey. This is a very well designed novel that once started can't be put down until the audience finds out how things turn out.
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
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Crime plotlets:
- escape/rescue from kidnappers
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted...
- hunted by killer/stalker
- game where people hunted
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- musician
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
- wild
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
The antagonists are:
- Drug kingpins
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths?
- 5-7
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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