DEADLOCK

Before Reading
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Deadlock means a failure in trying to solve a discussion, argument or more of
the similar
Dead means not alive
A lock on a river or canal is an area in this one which is closed so that the
water level can be increased or lowered to the one willed
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Vic arshawsky isn!t married- "
Vic works for the #olice- $
Vic!s cousin is dead- "
Vic doesn!t believe her cousin!s death was an accident- "
Vic knew her cousin!s girlfriend well- $
%-
Vic will be murdered- $
Boom Boom!s girlfriend will kill someone- "
Vic will find out who killed her cousin- "
&he murderer will go to #rison- $
hile Reading
'ha#ters 1-%
hy did Vic want to find out more about Boom Boom!s death(-
because she was uncertain his death was a mere accident
hat did Boom Boom!s grandmother tell Vic(- that he was in trouble at
work because #eo#le thought he had stolen certain #a#ers from the
boss
hat was )aige 'arrington doing in Boom Boom!s a#artment(- looking
for a love letter she had written him
ho were the four men with Vic at lunch in the club, and what
connection did they have with Boom Boom(- $iels *rafalk, +artin
Bledsoe, +ike ,heridan and 'layton )hilli#s- all of them were su#eriors
of Boom Boom at the com#any
hat was the accident to the .ucella ieser(- water was #ut into the
holds of the shi#
hy did *rafalk dislike Bledsoe(- because *rafalk didn!t ever acce#t
+artin!s de#arture from his com#any
hat did Vic find in the study on her second visit to Boom Boom!s
a#artment(-the watchman, dead
'ha#ters /-0
According to 1anet, Boom Boom didn!t get on well with +r2 )hilli#s
Bobby +allory didn!t like Vic to get involved in #olice and murder cases
Bledsoe told Vic contracts were cancelled routinely
Both the brakes and the steering wheel were damaged in Vic!s car
3oward +attingly was never liked by Boom Boom, and according to him
he could not #lay hockey
$iels *raffalk!s father didn!t give +atin Bledsoe any chance, des#ite his
son did, and sent +artin to #rison
Before cha#ters 4-15
'layton )hilli#s is vice-#resident of the 6udora grain
1anet was Boom Boom!s secretary
Bobby +allory is a #oliceman
$iels *rafalk owns the *rafalk ,teamshi# .ine
+urray Ryerson is a news#a#er re#orter
)aige 3arrington is a ballet dancer
+artin Bledsoe owns the )ole ,tar .ine
)ierre and 3oward +attingly are ice hockey #layers
$iels *rafalk and )aige 3arrington were involved in Boom Boom!s death
'ha#ters 4-15
hy did Vic fly to &hunder Bay(- to get onboard the .ucella and find
out more about the case and the #eo#le trying to kill her
hat did Vic see in the water when she got on the shi# for the second
time(- someone swimming away from the side of the shi#
hy did the man with red hair set off the bomb(- #robably to kill her
and to destroy the shi#
hy had Bledsoe!s #lane already left when Vic arrived at ,ault ,te
+arie air#ort(- because +attingly had already used it
hat was Vic looking for when she searched the 6udora grain offices(-
some missing invoices
hat did Vic find behind the #hoto(- some #a#ers 7the missing invoice
and a contract8
hat was the difference between the invoice and the shi##ing
contract(-in the invoice *rafalk!s #rice was the lowest while it should be
the )ole ,tar .ine!s
ho was found dead in the hold of +artin Bledsoe!s shi#(- 'layton
)hilli#s
Before 'ha#ters 11-1%
After reading these cha#ters, 9 still think of those two as the ones involved in
his death
'ha#ters 11-1%
hy did )aige 'arrington and 1eannine )hilli#s #rotect each other(
&hey were sisters
hy didn!t +rs *rafalk like 1eannine )hilli#s( Because the last woman
was only interested in e:#ensive clothes and not in hel#ing the #oor
hy didn!t *rafalk tell 6udora *rain that )hilli#s was cheating them(
Because he would make )hilli#s work for him
hy did )aige agree to watch Boom Boom for *rafalk(- because
*rafalk #aid her the bills and everything
hy did Vic cut a #iece of car#et from *rafalk!s boat(- to see if there
were any bloodstains where she had found a hair earlier before
hy did Vic cut her arm(- to #rove in case she died or was murdered
*rafalk had killed her
hy did Vic ;um# into the water(- to esca#e from *rafalk and from
death
hy didn!t *rafalk shoot Vic while she was in the water(- because he
knew he was going to die, and that killing her would bring nothing but
bad re#utation to him
Before 'ha#ter 1/
ill Vic tell the #olice the truth about what *rafalk did- $o
ill Vic tell 'laire *rafalk the truth about what *rafalk did(- "es
ill 'laire *rafalk be angry about her husband!s death(- $o
ill )aige be sad that *rafalk is dead(- $o
ho will take over the *rafalk ,teamshi# .ine(- *rafalk!s older son
After Reading
12
Boom Boom was #ushed under a shi# by 'layton )hilli#s
3oward +attingly broke the watchman at Boom Boom!s a#artment!s
neck
3oward +attingly was hit by a car
'layton )hilli#s was shot in the head by $iels *rafalk
V292 arshawsky made $iels *rafalk!s boat e:#lode
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9 disagree, because 1eannine )hilli#s made her husband kill Boom
Boom and )aige!s discoveries killed many #eo#le, although she didn!t
seem to know it
9 agree, because 1eannine )hilli#s forced her husband kill him and
)aige told her he had found the truth
9 disagree, because $iels *rafalk is more the evil mind behind all the
crimes in this story than 1eannine )hilli#s
%2
Vic decided to hide as a #assenger on the .ucella because she was afraid
that ca#tain Bemis would want her on board his shi#2 ,he knew that she
would be able to leave the .ucella when the shi# sto##ed at the locks at ,ault
,te +arie2 After the cargo of the #ort had been loaded into the shi# and the
lucella was ready to leave, Vic climbed u# the ladder to the main deck and
waited until the .ucella had #ulled away from the shore and was a cou#le of
kilometers from land2 &hen she went u# to cabin to talk to Bledsoe2
/2
hy were you aboard the shi#(
hat ha##ened e:actly before the e:#losion(
here e:actly were you in the moment of the e:#losion(
hat did you see that made you sus#ect that something was going wrong
aboard the shi#(
Do you remember anything sus#icious in the attitude of the crew of the shi#(
EXPLOSION AT POE LOCK DESTROYS SHIP
,everal #eo#le were killed yesterday morning when an e:#losion com#letely
destroyed the <.ucella ieser! shi#, a cargo shi# which was curiously
involved in the mysterious death of famous e:-hockey #layer Boom Boom
arshawsky2 Another fact is that detective V292 arshawsky, close relative of
the above mentioned, was aboard the shi# the same moment the e:#losion
took #lace2 &he detective #ointed out she had seen one #erson ;um# out of
the shi# ;ust seconds before the bomb e:#loded2 =ortunately only a few
members of the working crew of the shi# died in this tragic accident2 >wner of
the shi# and of the organi?ation in #ossession of the .ucella ieser sus#ects
of a #ossible sabotage from the direct rival of the com#any, which for #rivacy
reasons has decided not to reveal the name of the #ossible res#onsible for
this fatal event2
@2
A;a: )resident- 9!m afraid your husband may be res#onsible for several
sabotages which have occurred in these last days aboard his direct rival!s
shi#s
+rs2 *rafalk-But why would he do that(
A;a: )resident- &o sto# his business from bankru#ting2
+rs2 *rafalk-but why did he want to do that(
A;a: )resident- his shi##ing com#any was losing a great amount of money
against his com#etitors- their bigger cargo shi#s are much more #rofitable
than his smaller shi#s
+rs2 *rafalk-'ouldn!t he build bigger shi#s of his own(
A;a: )resident-$o2 Because he was already losing a dreadful lot of money
+rs2 *rafalk-,o how did he kee# *rafalk ,teamshi# running(
A;a: )resident-By using money from his other businesses
+rs2 *rafalk-3ow did you find out about all this(
A;a: )resident-+s2 arshawsky suggested me to check out your husband!s
business accounts and this is how 9 found out about all this
02
)hilli#!s wife wanted to live in a wealthy #art of 'hicago so he started
cheating his bosses at 6udora *rain by #utting one #rice in the shi##ing
contracts for 6udora *rain and later charging a higher #rice on the invoices2
3e then made thousands of dollars for himself, but Boom Boom discovered
the truth, and )hilli#s #anicked and Ailled Boom Boom2 3e then went to
*rafalk for hel#, who was later res#onsible for blowing u# the .ucella, but
when Vic also discovered what was going on, )hilli#s threatened to tell the
#olice, and *rafalk ended killing )hilli#s2
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,he was right because his family wasn!t right to be left out without his fortune
and, des#ite *rafalk!s evil acts, his wife was a gentle soul who would have
never done any wrong in anything
B2
Dead 6nd is another word that #lays with the meaning of both words meaning
a #ath without end
C2
+ick ,t2 1ohn, from the series +oonlight, is a detective who, like Vic, lives
alone 7because he!s a vam#ire, sorry for finding such a #oor com#arison but
it!s the only decent one 9 can think of8, but he likes to kee# control of all the
situations he!s in2 3e!s also much colder than her, and thinks about all his
acts very thoroughly2 But they both share an attraction for messing around to
find out things that they wouldn!t find out normally 7but this ha##ens
everywhere in fiction, it!s the only way to find out the criminals8