An Inductive Leap to Far

In the novel that I read earlier this semester called Martyn Pig by Kevin Brooks there is an inductive leap to far.

In this novel Martyn's mother has left him and his father. As Martyn gets older, his father begins to drink and when he does so, he abuses Martyn. One night, Martyn's father his drunk and goes to strike Martyn. Instinctively, Martyn jumps out of the way and pushes his father away. His father falls over and cracks his head against the edge of the fireplace, killing him. Martyn begins to freak out. Thoughts of going to jail and being a criminal for the rest of his life begin to swirl in his head. He leaps to the conclusion that he will be found guilty of killing his father, when in fact he would have been let free due to the situation that his father but him in.

This leap alters the story in a dramatic way.  Martyn could have just called the police and the whole thing would have ended, but instead, he devises this "master" plan to ditch the body and make it look as if he had just gotten drunk and fallen into a gravel pit located near the bar. Through Martyn's inductive leap to far, he sends himself on this ridiculous cover up mission that ends up causing the death of his best friends boyfriend as well as ruining his relationship with his best friend.