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Warner, Feb 2005, 25.95
ISBN: 0446576670
In exile to the CIA's Office of Special Projects, Army JAG Major Sean Drummond is escorted by FBI Agent Jennifer Margold to a Virginia crime scene where six corpses are located. Considering that the house is impenetrable with cameras and radar detectors outside and agents inside, no one knows how the killer breached the premises. That is no one until Sean explains the most likely method that led to the assassination of the White House Chief of Staff Terry Belknap, his wife, and their four secret service bodyguards. The message left behind is “… the president will be history in the next two days”.
Though he wants out because he knows what will hit the bureaucratic fan, Sean wonders if the mass murders are linked to the $100 million bounty offered for killing the president? Soon a Supreme Court Justice and the Republican National Committee chairman are killed too. Drummond concludes that a mole inside the inner circle of security is giving away information. He must remove the mole before he can stop the killing machine, but has only one day left.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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"Someone is killing politicians, and it happened under the Secret Services' watch. The suspects have published a web site with a $100 Million reward for whoever kills the American President. While most people wouldn't bite at killing for the money, $100 Million could change even the most petty criminal into a murderer, and the authorities knows that leaving them with a huge spectrum of suspects.
Drummond is back in another crime thriller and once again on loan, this time to the CIA. Together with a local FBI agent he works, trying to stop the killing and find the suspect before more people die including the president. The book takes us through the Washington DC area, and all the way to Texas as the two are looking for clues."
Natasha Joiner, 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 - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- preventing/finding assassin
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here?
- generic terrorists
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- government investigator
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
- just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
- a lawyer creature
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
- throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist
- power
The antagonists are:
- FBI/CIA
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Southeast
City?
Yes
City:
- Washington D.C.
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 3-4
- 8 or more
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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