Dead Lions

• Chapter 1 — 10,142 words
  “Now that the roadworks have finally gone, Aldersgate Street, in the London borough of Finsbury, is calmer; nowhere you’d choose to have a picnic, but …”
• Chapter 2 — 6,685 words
  “Shirley Dander and Marcus Longridge had settled back into their tasks; the atmosphere only slightly altered by their conversation. In Slough House, …”
• Chapter 3 — 6,800 words
  “Untraceable poison, thought River Cartwright.”
• Chapter 4 — 7,810 words
  “The Wentworth Academy of the English Language maintained two premises. The primary site, as featured in its glossy brochure, was a handsome country …”
• Chapter 5 — 5,672 words
  “Roderick Ho was pissed off.”
• Chapter 6 — 9,050 words
  ““You took your time,” Lamb said.”
• Chapter 7 — 7,197 words
  “To begin with what it hasn’t got, Upshott has no high street, not like those in nearby villages, with their parades of mock-Tudor frontages gracefully …”
• Chapter 8 — 4,708 words
  “Arkady Pashkin said, “Why aren’t we moving?””
• Chapter 9 — 5,628 words
  “When River stepped into the pub, it was to greetings from two separate tables. He thought: you could spend years propping up the bar at your London …”
• Chapter 10 — 3,901 words
  “Tonight, he’d be breaking hearts.”
• Chapter 11 — 4,506 words
  “He heard a voice.”
• Chapter 12 — 4,543 words
  “London slept, but fitfully, its every other eye wide open. The ribbon of light atop the Telecom Tower unfurled again and again, traffic lights blinked …”
• Chapter 13 — 3,894 words
  “Morning. Light. Surprisingly strong, breaking through the curtains, but then it had been sunny lately; unseasonably warm. Summer in April, full of …”
• Chapter 14 — 4,120 words
  “As mid-morning bloomed, and only a few stray clouds, like the mildest twinges of conscience, ruffled central London’s skies, it became apparent that …”
• Chapter 15 — 9,049 words
  “Up in the skies and miles to the east, over London’s outer settlements—massed clusters of red and grey rooftops, connected by winding stripes of …”
• Chapter 16 — 1,656 words
  “Throughout the day of the aborted rally, parts of London burned. Cars were torched, a bus was set alight, and a Jankel—one of the police armoured …”
• Open questions
  Question What does Dead Lions deliberately leave unresolved, and which gaps are accidents? Evidence C13, Ho: seventeen families arrived in …
• POV map
  Question Who sees what, and what does the distribution of viewpoints do to the reader’s knowledge? Evidence Ch Words Sections POV …
• Structure
  Question How is the book built, and what does its shape do that a linear thriller would not? Evidence 17 chapters, 97,260 words, 162 …
• Timeline
  Question What is the book’s chronology, and where does the text actually pin a date? Evidence When Event Chapter A wet March evening …
• Chapter 0 — 1,899 words
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