´You look exactly like him! You can take the dead boy´s place and noone will ever know the difference. You´ll be rich for life!´ And sothe plan was born. At first Brat Farrar fought against the idea, itwas criminal, it was dangerous. But in the end he was persuaded, and a few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went hometo inherit the family house and fortune. The Ashby family seemed happy to welcome Patrick home, but Brat soon realized that somewhere therewas a time-bomb ticking away, waiting to explode . . .