The Plot

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz is a very well written suspenseful mystery thriller.  

What a terrific book...  dare I say a great plot...  this book has an entertaining storyline with a good twisty ending.  When Jake reaches the end of his patience waiting to write the runaway novel of his career, he "borrows" an idea from a deceased student.  His success is a heady experience of travel, author interviews , book readings and sales. When he meets Anne, a fan, they fall in love and the life seems perfect...  until  it is not. 

Jake had one good novel in him that made the bestseller list years ago.   Lately he holds off his publisher, he has writers block and teaches at a third rate MFA writer's program.  After a student comes to class with a good idea for a novel, he watches the book lists for its publication.  When the book never is published he goes back to see what happened to the student and finds out he died without publishing..

Jake decides to make the story his own novel and it is his next big hit.   He takes to heart the quote that author Jean Hanff Korelitz uses at the beginning of the book, "Good writers borrow, great writers steal."  She attributes  the quote  to T. S. Elliot, but possibly stolen from Oscar Wilde.

It is a thriller, but not a scary one, just a fun, tongue in cheek, mystery.