Thomas Hardy is still anything but a famous author He is still, however, getting into an awful lot of trouble whilst trying to write his next masterpiece Whilst researching a romance he is attempting to write, (very badly, ) he inadvertently gets involved in a gang war between rival London gangsters. With a price on his head he flees once more to what he imagines to be the safety of the sleepy French village of Saint Paul, but life is never that simple for our hero Although this dark comedy is the sequel to 'The Almost Perfect Plot' any lover of black humour will enjoy this tale of death and mayhem as a stand alone book