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AUTHOR
Sue Leather
•Sue Leather has been in the ELT field for thirty years.
•Between 1985 and 2000, she worked as a teacher.
•She has an MA in Education from the Institute of
Education, University of London.
•She has written a number of articles for ELT journals and magazines. •Sue is now resident on the beautiful west coast of Canada.
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Setting for the Story
Genre: Thriller
Time:1990
Place:
The story takes place in London, England
Main contents:
This story began as a murder case. When Kate Jensen tried to investigate this case, she found another a murder case which had happened in thirty years ago. There are some relations between this two cases. In the end, Kate discovered the real murderer.
Main Characters
Kawaguchi-sensei: a famous karate teacher the victim in murder case
Kate Jensen : a news reporter on The Daily Echo.
She used to train in karate.
Naoko Kawaguchi: Kawaguchi’ daughter. the victim in 30-year-ago murder.
Brendan Murphy: Murphy was accused of
The London Road murder, over thirty years ago.
Plot
A famous karate teacher is killed by a single punch.
• Kawaguchi known to his students and was famous in karate field.
• In London, anyone who wanted to train seriously trained with he.
• It is a force, powerful, professional and fast punch.
• The murder case taken place in the karate clubs.
Death follows death
• The second day, "same story“--one punch--the victim is
Ito, Kawaguchi's number two.
The murderer killed Kawaguchi was a real karate
Plot
Another murder happened in thirty years ago.
•Kate's father remembers that the girl was being driven home by a school caretaker, John Blakeston.
•They picked up a hitchhiker who shot Blakeston and seriously injured the girl , Kawaguchi’s daughter,
Naoko---London Road murder.
•Naoko identified a young man called Brendan Murphy who was hanged.
However, Kate’s father, and many others, believed that Murphy was innocent.
Plot
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