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OFFICIALLY DEAD Chapter 1 – The meeting Who is Colin Fenton? What was he doing in Brentwood? Who did he met? What strange about them? Chapter 2 – The Business Who did Colin met in Bath? Why? What did Mr. Booker tell Colin? Why did Linda send a letter to Colin? What did it say? How did Colin react to the letter? Chapter 3 – The Plan Why is the chapter called “The Plan”? What was Linda’s life before she met Colin? Who called her? Did she met Colin? What happened then? Chapter 4 – The journey Did John know that Linda was in with Colin? How did he react to it? What did they agree on? Who is Julie? Why did she want to go to Manchester? What did Colin end up doing? Chapter 5 – The Accident Who has an accident? Who witnessed it? What does Colin say? What did the police conclude? Chapter 6 – The News Where was Julie? What did the officers tell Linda? How did she react to the news? Chapter 7 – The Wife Where did Julie think that Colin was? Did she know her husband had an accident? How did Mark Ashwood feel about the accident? Chapter 8 – The Funeral How did John feel about his future with Colin dead? How did Linda act now? Describe her character before and after the accident taking into her relationship with John. What did they plan to do?

Chapter 9 – The ment Who did Julie visit? What did he theorize about Colin’s absence? Did she believe him? Did she love her husband? Chapter 10 – The Search What were Mark’s plans for the week? Who did he visit? Did he find something odd? What? What were Linda’s explanations to it? Did he believe her? What was Linda’s arrangement with Frankie? What did Mark read in the newspaper? Chapter 11 – The Visit Where did Julie go with the police? Why? What did they talk about? Retell what Julie and Mark talked about. Did she believe him or no? How did their conversation end? Chapter 12 – The Robbery After Mark’s visit what happened with John? Where did he have to stay? How did he feel about it? How did John get into the jewellery? What was in the “strong-room? What did he take? What did John do to the security system? What did Linda and Frankie Simpson arrange to do? What did the police think had happened in the shop? Chapter 13 – The Truth What did Julie find? What did she decide to do? What conclusion did Julie and Mark arrive to? What were they going to do? How did Julie feel at this point? Chapter 14 – The Chase What preparations was Linda doing? What did she talk about with Simpsons? Did Linda notice she was being followed? What was the travelling plan for Linda and John? What happened in the road? Why did the police believe Mark? What did they do? Chapter 15 – Officially Dead A year later, how has Julie and Mark’s relationship evolved? What happened to John and Linda Bentley? Explain the title of the book.