The Inheritance

Paperback Published on: 29/09/2022
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Synopsis

You will inherit everything. The house. The money. There's just one condition. You have to catch a killer first...

Sarah always had a soft spot for her Aunt Evelyn, a famous writer, but she'd always assumed the elderly woman was penniless. But when Evelyn dies, Sarah gets a shock. Evelyn has a significant fortune, including a foreboding mansion, Cragsmoor, on the outskirts of a small Northumberland town. She wants to leave it to Sarah. But that's not all she wants.

For most of her life, she'd been haunted by a cold case. Many years ago, her childhood friend Lucy went missing. She was last seen in the house Evie has now left to Sarah. Evie spent years searching for the truth, desperate to find out what really happened the day Lucy disappeared. Now, her final wish is for Sarah to go back to the house where it all began, and uncover the truth. If she does, she will inherit everything.

But if there is a secret at Cragsmoor, someone has benefitted from it remaining hidden. Someone who has already killed once before...

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781405945110
  • Number of pages: 368
  • Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 24 mm
  • Weight: 262g
  • Languages: English

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The Inheritance
Compelling whodunit, with an explosive ending!
What a fantastic premise for a story! A terminally ill aged author updates her will to bequeath her entire and considerable estate to her niece, on the con... READ MORE
Rob O'Driscoll
The Inheritance
A great mystery read!
Sarah has received a strange bequest, to solve a cold case. It involves her Aunt Evelyn's best friend Lucy, who disappeared from the mansion Sarah may inh... READ MORE
Karen Makeham
The Inheritance
Great Crime Thriller Author
Always a treat when the next Howard Linskey crime thriller lands! This one is absolutely brilliant, perhaps even his best yet... obviously you will have to... READ MORE
Fiona Sharp
The Inheritance
Atmospheric thriller
If you’re in the market for an atmospheric thriller packed with twists and turns this one is definitely for you. Sarah is a struggling novelist (and very... READ MORE
L Fiona Waugh
The Inheritance
Enthralling
What an enthralling read! Sarah will inherit a small fortune and a grand house IF she is able to solve the mystery of the disappearance of her late aunt's... READ MORE
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The Inheritance
Recommended
I thought it was more of a whodunit with a puzzle to solve. It's a family drama with a thriller part. Gripping and entertaining even if it's not what I exp... READ MORE
AMG
The Inheritance
Highly entertaining
4 stars Successful novelist Evelyn Moor leaves all her worldly goods to her niece Sarah Hollis on one condition. She has to solve a 36-year-old mystery of ... READ MORE
Celia Short
The Inheritance
The Inheritance
I have read and enjoyed quite a few books by this author, including his Ian Bradshaw series, so I was quite excited to get my mitts on this, his latest sta... READ MORE
Ashrae