OFFICIALLY DEAD

Questions:
Chapter 1
1. Why is Colin Fenton in Brentwood?
2. What do Colin and Julie do?
3. Where did Colin meet the Bentleys?
4. Why did Linda ask Colin when he was coming back?
5. What was John’s reaction to her invitation?
6. Which was Linda’s idea?
7. Did John accept immediately?

Chapter 2
1. What was the Fenton’s life like?
2. What did Mr Booker tell Colin?
3. Did Colin tell Julie about the situation?
4. What did Colin do with Linda’s letter?

Chapter 3
1. What do we know about the Bentley’s previous years?
2. Why did Colin call Linda?
3. Did Linda tell John who had called her?
4. Where did Colin and Linda meet?
5. Where was John?
6. What happened when Colin and Linda went to her house?
7. What happened when Linda told him the plan?

Chapter 4
1. Did Colin accept?
2. What happened when Linda told John about Colin?
3. What did Colin tell Julie when she offered to go with him to a meeting?
4. Where did Colin, Linda and John meet? Why?

Chapter 5
1. What happened when Colin had the accident?
2. What did Mark Ashwood do?
3. What did Colin tell Mark?
4. What did Mark ask the police?
5. Did they agree immediately?

Chapter 6
1. Why was Julie angry with Colin?
2. How did the Bentleys get to know that Colin was dead?
3. Did they cancel the plan?
4. What did John have to do?
Chapter 7
1. What do we know about Mark Ashwood?
2. Why was Julie furious with Colin?
3. Could she contact him? Why?
4. Why did Julie call the police?
5. What did the police suggest?

Chapter 8
1. Did John like to be hidden?
2. Why did Linda find money in the briefcase?
3. Where did Linda leave Colin’s car?
4. Why do you think that Linda decided to cremate Colin’s body?

Chapter 9
1. Did Julie know what happened to Colin?
2. What happened when Julie went to see Mr Booker?
3. What did Mr Booker suggest about Colin?
4. Did Julie agree with him?
5. What did Julie decide to do?

Chapter 10
1. What did Mark Ashwood decide to do?
2. What did Linda tell the manager at Sandwell’s?
3. What did Linda ask Frankie Simpson to do?
4. What happened when Mark arrived at the Bentleys’ house?
5. What did Linda tell Mark?
6. Did he believe her?
7. What happened the following day?

Chapter 11
1. Where was Colin’s car found?
2. What did the police suggest?
3. Did Julie find Colin’s passport?
4. Why did Mark Ashwood call Julie?
5. Did she believe Mark’s story?

Chapter 12
1. After the robbery… where did John and Linda go?
2. What happened when Linda went to work?
3. What did the police think of the robbery?
4. What did Mr Rose tell Linda?
5. What did she say about leaving London?

Chapter 13
1. Where did Julie find Colin’s passport?
 2. Why did she want to talk to Mark Ashwood?
3. Did she believe him this time?
4. What did Julie decide to do?

Chapter 14
1. What was Linda planning to do when they got to Spain?
2. Why did Linda go to see Frankie Simpson?
3. What happened when they arrived at Linda’s house?
4. What did they decide to do?
5. What happened on the road?
6. Where did the John and Linda go?
7. What happened to Mark and Julie?
8. What did the police tell Mark?

Chapter 15
1. What did Julie ask Mark?
2. What did Mark suggest Julie to do?
3. What happened later that year?
4. What happened 7 years later?
5. How did Interpol catch the Bentleys?