The Best Laid Plans: When Life Imitates Art

By Stephen Carey Fox

The Best Laid Plans is not a single story of life tempered by experience, but of three interwoven episodes.
At the center of all are the Arnolds, a retired, upper-middle-class couple. Bert (a newspaperman) and Claire (a painter) grew weary of the hustle and bustle of big city living and decided to move to the country.
There, the Arnold's found themselves woefully unprepared to deal with the unique hazards of country life. The Arnold's soon learned that 'Mother Nature' felt nothing for their quiet retirement, their na vet or their realtor's negligence.
The Best Laid Plans concludes with a threat to the Arnold's security from criminals who believed that local property values inflated by an influx of rich city folk meant unsecured cash and valuables. Easy pickings.
To line their pockets with those riches, however, the would-be thieves must contend with the determination of law enforcement and 'Mother Nature's' coolness to rich and poor, and notions of right and wrong.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CPSWM3D8
• ISBN13: 9798864176153
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"