- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (1 Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099257181
- ISBN-13: 978-0099257189
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 134,484 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Phillip Kerr has been called "Michael Crichton's smarter brother" due to his wide- ranging intelligence and technical knowledge. Dave Delano, the protagonist of this lively thriller, is an American who's educated himself in prison--serving a sentence for a manslaughter he didn't commit. Newly fluent in Russian, he's intrigued by the idea of redistributing wealth, particularly the Mafia's. His plan is to hijack a transatlantic transport ferry/yacht being used to smuggle drug money and to divert the dollars into his very own bank in the former Soviet Union. It all seems flawless until he meets another Grand Duke passenger who's looking to score: Kate Fury, a gorgeous FBI agent who's been tracking cocaine from Colombia to Miami to the European playgrounds of the rich and expecting the biggest collar of her career. What happens when they cross paths is the stuff of a funny, violent and oddly romantic caper. The plot twists fast enough to satisfy even die-hard Elmore Leonard fans and turns on double-dealing, false identities and misunderstood motives, without letting the humour get in the way of the action. --Jane Adams
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Dave Delano has done five years for a crime he didn't commit, but his stretch behind bars wasn't entirely wasted. He's been exercising his brain and his brawn, and is now a new man - multi-lingual, well-read and in peak physical condition. He also has a plan to compensate for all those years inside, but it involves crossing 'Naked' Tony Nudelli - the man who Delano's done time for - which is nothing short of suicidal. With a cracking plot and razor-sharp dialogue, this is another belter from the bestselling author of Gridiron. (Kirkus UK)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Five year plan has Hollywood written all the way through it like a stick of Blackpool Rock (I guess that should be Hollywood rock). It has all the ingredients that action seeking cinema goers thrive on: guns, mindless killings, sex, chases, violent weather and a twist at the end. It even has a good plot. The first half of the book sets a complex scenario with various 'goodies' and 'baddies' all booked on the same trans-atlantic yatch ferry (I'd never heard of one of those either!). You know that sparks are going to fly and Kerr delivers the expected. One dissapointment with the book is Kerr's surrendering to the USA. He even spells colour without the u! I guess that's where the money is. It's the second Kerr book I've read and I would buy another.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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After reading all the "Bernie Gunther" books by Philip Kerr, I decided to get some more of his books, looking forward to another good read. "The five year plan" is not one of his best works in my opinion, it seems full of clichés. I have read it till the end but it proved somewhat disappointing for me, the ending was not a surprise at all and the whole story was not a very good one.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I came back to this recently and enjoyed it enormously again. It has an almost infectious sense of enjoyment which shifts into an altogether higher gear for the concluding chapters. It also tells it's story with verve and panache and a real eye for characters and clever plotting. Interestingly it serves as a quasi-sequel/prequel to Kerr's "The Shot" with which it shares a few locations and one fleeting character reference. If you haven't read it, I suggest you do. If you have, read it again.
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