It All Seemed So Simple...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. The men agree to hide, keep and share the fortune. But what started off as a simple plan slowly devolves into a gruesome nightmare none of them can control.

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Scott Smith

Golden Books Publishing Company, Incorporated

Random House, Incorporated

Vintage Books

1st Vintage books Mass Market ed, New York, 2007

United States, United States of America

Reprint edition, September 25, 2007

2 ed, NY, 2007, 1993

First Edition, 2007

New York, NY, 2006

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<p><p><b>sometimes Good People Do Evil Things</b><p>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.<p>it All Sounded So Simple...</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>once One Accepts The Bizarre Premise Of Smith's Astonishingly Adept, Ingeniously Plotted Debut Thriller, The Book Fulfills Every Expectation Of A Novel Of Suspense, Leading The Reader On A Wild Exploration Of The Banality Of Evil. Indeed, It Is Difficult To Believe That A Tyro Writer Could Have Produced So Controlled And Assured A Narrative. When Hank Mitchell, His Obese, Feckless Brother Jacob And Jacob's Smarmy Friend Lou Accidentally Find A Wrecked Small Plane And Its Dead Pilot In The Woods Near Their Small Ohio Town, They Decide Not To Tell The Authorities About The $4.4 Million Stuffed Into A Duffel Bag. Instead, They Agree To Hide The Money And Later Divide It Among Themselves. The Simple Plan'' Sets In Motion A Spiral Of Blackmail, Betrayal And Multiple Murder Which Smith Manipulates With Consummate Skill, Increasing The Tension Exponentially With Plot Twists That Are Inevitable And Unpredictable At The Same Time. In Choosing To Make His Protagonist An Ordinary Middle-class Man -- Hank Is An Accountant In A Feed And Grain Store -- Smith Demonstrates The Eerie Ease With Which The Mundane Can Descend To The Unthinkable. Hank Commits The First Murder To Protect His Brother And Their Secret; He Eerily Rationalizes The Ensuing Coldblooded Deeds While Remaining Outwardly Normal, Hardly An Obvious Psychopath. Smith's Imagination Never Palls; The Writing Peaks In A Gory Liquor Store Scene That's Worthy Of Comparison To Stephen King At His Best.</p>

SUMMARY: 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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