SUMMARY OF OFFICIALY DEAD.

First of all the theme of book is avarice and wanting to be rich. This book is about a marriage, Colin and Julia Fenton, who have a company (C.J.F. Software Solutions) and another marriage the Bentley’s.

When Colin Fenton was in a business trip in Bentwood he meet in a bar the Bentley’s, John and Linda, and unbelievably John and Colin were physically identical. After the meeting Linda, who have a perfect life with her husband and without economic problems, have an idea: steal the jewelry where she and John worked. From there, the whole story is about how they plan the robbery although at first John opposes because, in the past, he was in jail for theft, but finally he accept.

One day Linda meet Colin and offer him ten thousand pounds if the day of robbery, he will be the alibi. He only have to went to Manchester’s hotel with all the documentation and car of John and forge his signature. So Police believe that he hast been, even though he has a criminal records.

Linda’s plan didn’t work because when Colin was going to Manchester had an accident and died. Colin’s body was identified as John Bentley because in the accident he had John’s documents. Everybody thought that John was dead. In this situation the Bentley’s continued with the lie but they have another problem: Mark Ashwood, the only witness of the accident. When Mark tries to save his life Colin told him to give a message to his wife Julie.

Mark who was so altered and concerned decided to give the message to his wife in person. But when the police give him the address of Colin’s house and he was there he saw another man into the house and he also realized that the wife’s name was Linda and not Julie.

Finally Mark went to Julie house when he saw in the news that Julie searched for her husband and tell that something bad and strange was happening. So Julie and Mark try to uncover the truth and they get it. In the end Mark and Julie get married.