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Plot Summary of The Hunted
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Pocket, Feb 2001, 24.95, 416 pp.
ISBN: 0671026801

    Anthony Scarponi is an internationally renowned assassin with an organization that makes him virtually untouchable by law enforcement officials. In order to obtain the information needed to put Scarponi away for life, FBI agent Harper Payne goes undercover and joins the assassin's team. Over time, he becomes one of his most trusted employees. Eventually, Harper collects enough evidence so that Scarponi should receive a life sentence.

    Dr. Lauren Chambers, an agoraphobic psychologist has an anxiety attack when her beloved husband Michael fails to return home from a skiing trip. Private detective Nick Bradley helps Lauren track down Michael, who apparently is actually Harper. As Michael and Lauren go to extraordinary lengths to meet up and protect one another, government agents hinder their progress.

    Alan Jacobson follows up his exciting best-selling FALSE ACCUSATIONS with the chilling thriller, THE HUNTED, a novel that keeps readers' attention all through the long cold night. Although vulnerable, Lauren shows remarkable inner strength as she goes the extra kilometer to learn just what kind of person she married. The fast-paced story line reads like a Jack Higgins thriller, but with a clearly Jacobson spin on the plot. This complex novel is worth the hardcover price.

Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - power struggle within govt between two factions
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - criminal's rise in a crime organization
Legal Thriller Yes
Legal Plotlets - finding out whether someone is really guilty
Crime Thriller Yes
Mostly a criminal POV story Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - doctor
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
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
Profession/status: - mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
City? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 5-7
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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