When a young writer dies before completing his first novel, his teacher, Jake, (himself a failed novelist) helps himself to its plot. The resulting book is a phenomenal success. But what if somebody out there knows?
Somebody does. And if Jake can't figure out who he's dealing with, he risks something far worse than the loss of his career.
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Jacob Finch Bonner, the once promising author of the 'New & Noteworthy' (The New York Times Book Review) novel The Invention of Wonder, let himself into the office he'd been assigned on the second floor of Richard Peng Hall, set his beat-up leather satchel on the barren desk, and looked around in something akin to despair.- CHAPTER ONE, ANYBODY CAN BE A WRITER
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(Faber & Faber, 11 May 2021, e-book, 337 pages, borrowed from Glasgow Libraries via BorrowBox)
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This is a new author for me. I really loved The Plot. I started the book in December 2022 but decided to take a month off from reading so returned it unfinished. I was loving it in December and knew I had to read the whole thing. I was not disappointed. The book is well written and engaging with great characters. It also has twists and turns which I thought were original and I didn't see coming. This is a corker.
