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"Something cold touched the nape of my neck" (p.115) (Suspense)

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"You don't think this guy ain't after us for the LA job" (p.116) (clue)

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-"why don't you ask the girl" (120)
shows he is intelligent, manipulates
-"I went on with my little lie that was meant to stir things up." (120)
ready to lie to get what he wants, hardboiled
-"I looked from the couch to the girl. She was watching me, and her eyes twinkled with a flash of mirth as they met mine coming from the couch. The couch it was!"(118)
he is observant
-"I didn't expect to get any information here; but I was comfortable, and the cigar was a good one. Time enough to go out into the drizzle when I had finished my smoke."(115)
Shows he's only human, does not expect the old couple to do anything.
-"I didn't stand up: I couldn't. I was paralyzed. I sat and blinked at the Quarres."(115)
Shows he's week and only human.

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the detective and tai having conversation with tai , then we know that tai dies The End of the story " he went to the gallows"
Elvira got away ( " the red haired girl Elvira was gone")
The explanation of the following example and quote can be seen as the death of Tai has caused a chain reaction into Elvira escaping the crime scenes and being free, and the cliffhanger endi`ng which left the reader in awe and disbelief how a story can end like this.

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"There followed a long space of silence, with a tensenes that made my not particularly scalp tingle" (p.116) (Suspense = we don't know what's gonna happen)

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Primary plot: who pushed the old lady off the street car?

"I wish you would come in[...]i'm sure my tea is getting cold". (115)

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"she was beautiful as the devil and twice as dangerous" (117)

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"im not running away with anything that belongs to him unless he is fixed so that he can't come after it." (117)
Elvira + Hook want to leave Tai with nothing. Which could cause future conflict.

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Bonds (p.117) (clue)

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"This showing ourselves to him is the most arrant sort of nonsense" (p.118) (suspense)

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A British guy who is also a fat Chinese man.

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"Something had changed in the room near her!" (p.118) (clue/suspense)

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"i made haste to stir things up again"

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"a short fat Chinese, immaculately clothed in garments that were as British as his accents." (118)

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"I kicked the last rope loose and scrambled to the couch" (p.119) (suspense)

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"i'm not with you, Thai. I'm against you"

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"Tai, the ugly man snarled. "You're done. I'm sick and tired of all this dog you put on-- acting like you was a kind or something. I'm going to""

"Then I made a discovery: something had changed in the room near her!"

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he is all talk no action

"hooks always offering to do things that he has no intention of doing" (118)

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"found little of a friendly fragile one who had poured tea and chatted about neighbours." (122)

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The newspaper the detective get to piece the whole situation together using the newspaper and the info he knows.

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"The bonds were beneath it: four thick bundles, done up with heavy rubber bands" (p.119) (clue)

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"I had two guns" (p.120) (suspense)

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"this was a witch if there ever was one- a witch of the blackest, most malignant sort" (122)

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"then i made a discovery: something had changed in the room near her! I shut my eyes and tried to picture that part of the room as it has been before the two men had clashed. opening my eyes suddenly i had the answer."

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"The girl found me" (p.120) (suspense)

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"The faint sound again just outside the door" (p.121) (suspense)

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"he stuck the muzzle of an automatic in her side." (121

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"Elvira was gone" (p.122) (suspense)

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"I promise myself that someday..." (p.123) (suspense)

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"she came creeping up the hall an automatic in each hand, hesitated for an instant outside the door" (120) she's vicious and dangerous.