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| Plot Summary of Kill Chase |
"Henrietta Fox is a paparazzo photographer. She´s a redhaired Irish girl with a touch of OCD who rides a Yamaha motorbike on the streets of London, snapping celebrities. When she pictures the Prime Minister´s mistress with another man at a soccer match her life gets dangerous. The mistress is murdered and the killer must have Henrietta´s pictures. He pursues her relentlessly, intending to kill her, too.
New Scotland Yard has received a death threat to the Queen of England and they need ex royal protection officer Christian Boyd back from a bar in Spain to hunt for the would be assassin. The villain is the same man pursuing Henrietta Fox, an Israeli macro hedge fund financier who makes billions arranging disasters and assassinations to profit his investors. The chase is on and will lead from Belgravia via Beverly Hills, Barcelona and Jerusalem. It will end with blood in the sands of Palestinian Gaza. "
Alison Hynds, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Kill Chase |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40% 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)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- preventing/finding assassin
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- photographer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
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 substantial amount
The antagonists are:
- foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- Spain
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 5-7
Unusual forms of death
- run over
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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