A Simple Plan - by Scott Smith (Paperback)

About the Book

Two brothers and a friend find $4 million in the cockpit of a downed plane. The pilot is dead. No one is looking for the money. To keep it, all they have to do is wait. It all sounded so simple.

Book Synopsis

"Spectacular. . . . Ten shades blacker and several corpses grimmer than the novels of John Grisham. . . . Do yourself a favor. Read this book." --Entertainment Weekly

Two brothers and their friend stumble upon the wreckage of a plane-the pilot is dead and his duffle bag contains four million dollars in cash. In order to hide, keep, and share the fortune, these ordinary men all agree to a simple plan.

Review Quotes

"Read this book. It is better than any suspense novel since The Silence of the Lambs." --Stephen King

"Spectacular. . . . Ten shades blacker and several corpses grimmer than the novels of John Grisham. . . . Do yourself a favor. Read this book." --Entertainment Weekly

"Beautifully controlled and disturbing. . . . Works a devastating variation on the idea of the banality of evil." --The New York Times Book Review

"Like watching a train wreck. There is nothing to be done, but it is impossible to turn away." --Chicago Tribune

"A marvel. . . . The story-twists keep you turning the pages and guessing what's coming next. With cool precision, Smith outlines the ever-widening spiral of distrust and violence." -- The Boston Globe

"A work of deceptive simplicity and singular power. . . . To describe the fascinating parade of thoughts and deeds that lead inexorably to the book's calamitous conclusion would give away too much of the plot." -- The Washington Post

About the Author

Scott Smith was educated at Dartmouth College and Columbia University. He lives in New York City.