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Mysterious, Oct 2003, 23.95, 296 pp.
ISBN: 0892967536
In Colorado Doctor Carmen Nguyen works the emergency room at St. Mary's Hospital. The Vietnamese-African-American finds herself attracted to two new patients. Sixty-nine years old crusty but likable Luke Redstone, owner of the most highly regarded fighting cocks in the area, is dying from leukemia. Ruggedly handsome former marine Walter Rios was rushed to ER when he fell during a fly fishing trip and ruptured his brachial artery.
Somehow Luke persuades Carmen to search for his prize winning cocks. However, while biking in the desert, someone fires shots at Carmen. Walter joins Carmen on her investigation into the stolen cocks and the shooting. Soon they learns that a Denver biotech executive Jack Kimbrough is experimenting on duplicating the physical skills of Luke's birds in human beings. However, with billions at stake that knowledge could prove deadly to the two amateur sleuths.
The remote Colorado desert is brought to picturesque life in this thrilling amateur sleuth tale. Besides the scenery which takes on a characterization of its own, the three key good guys are fully developed and their new relationships are realistic and fun to observe, especially with a wary Carmen. The medical thriller aspects seems more like an underpinning so that fans of that sub-genre may be disappointed by the dose of that subplot as the amateur sleuth camaraderie is the strength of HEAT SHOCK.
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 - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Medical Thriller
Yes
Medical Plotlets:
- wild experiments on people
- bio manip. to get new abilities
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Crime plotlets:
- escape/rescue from kidnappers
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
- Female
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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