A flaw in the plan (Paperback)

Getting shot is a painful experience, especially when what happens next is likely to be even worse. When Danny Taylor's older brother dies, his wife of just two weeks inherits the family farm, and she intends to convert it into cash as quickly as possible. Danny is determined to take back his inheritance by any means available to him. That includes recruiting the help of two local gangsters. The Boys have their own ideas. In the hospital, time passes quickly and slowly at the same time. Waking from a coma, memories are lost and retained in equal measure and without good reason. Some faces are unrecallable and others unforgettable. Mistakes are remembered with a heavy soul and successes dismissed as nothing more than the gift of fortune. The Police want to interview Danny Taylor, who has just come out of an induced coma after a shooting. The Consultant tells them to come back after the weekend. Danny has 48 hours to come up with his version of events, but he has fallen into bad company. The Boys like to hurt people, and Danny knows what that feels like.Magazine editor Justin Stanton once described the Peter Larner novel Deathbed Confessions as 'a taught thriller, at times mystery, and at times touching renderings of life and human relationships. No character and no observation are wasted. OK, let's be clear, it's not Heller's Catch-22, but it is better than any of the ghost-written celebrity novels that clog up the Best Sellers charts.' There is a resonance of Heller in A flaw in the plan. But it is no coincidence that the book is published on the 700th anniversary of Dante's death. The allegory to Dante's Inferno is discernible in Danny Taylor's descent into a life of sin as he passes through the nine circles of hell on the way to the biggest decision of his life. Almost inevitably, his lust for Cleo despatches him on a path towards the betrayal of his own family. Can Danny escape the Boys, the Police and his own past?