You look exactly like him! You can take the dead boy's place and no one will ever know the difference. You'll be rich for life!' And so the plan was born. At first Brat Farrar fought against the idea; it was 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 home to inherit the family house and fortune. The Ashby family seemed happy to welcome Patrick home, but Brat soon realized that somewhere there was a time-bomb ticking away, waiting to explode.

你看起來幾乎跟他一模一樣！你可以代替那死男孩的位置，沒有人會發現有什麼不一樣，如此一來，你這輩子都不用愁吃穿！因為這個想法，計畫就此誕生。最一開始Brat Farrar對這樣的計畫並不贊同，這樣也算是犯罪而且又危險。但最後他被說服了，幾個禮拜後Patrick Ashby由死回生，繼承家裡的房子跟財產。Ashby一家人很歡迎Patrick回家，但很快地Brat發現在不遠的地方有個定時炸彈滴答滴答，隨時準備引爆。