Answer:
A) The pacing slows down the text with deliberate and descriptive language, which gives the story a mysterious atmosphere.
The mystery is who killed Zdenek Makar.
The clues to the mystery are the following:
- The crime took place near the All Saints DLR station by East India Dock Road in Poplar, east London.
- The victim is a 31-year-old Czech who lived in the area.
- The victim was pronounced dead at the scene at 12.22 am on Thursday.
- The cause of death is a traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage.
- Zdenek Makar was involved in an altercation with a group of men inside Perfect Fried Chicken on East India Dock Road and he was then followed down the road and attacked.
- Two witnesses stated that no physical violence took place in the restaurant.
To redline is to refuse to give insurance to someone living in an area considered a financial risk.
An example:
The loaner wouldn't give the family car insurance because the place that they lived was considered one of the most accident prone places in the county.