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THE INHERITANCE
By: Simon Tolkien

In order to exonerate the estranged son of a murdered World War II veteran, an aging police inspector must investigate a priceless relic in order to figure out which of five other suspects was willing to kill for such a valuable artifact.

St. Martin's Press
April 2010
On Sale: April 13, 2010
336 pages
ISBN: 031253907X
EAN: 9780312539078
Hardcover
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Suspense

When a famed Oxford historian is found dead in his study one night, all evidence points to his son, Stephen. About to be disinherited from the family fortune, Stephen returns to home after a long estrangement—and it happens to be the night his father is shot to death. When his fingerprints are found on the murder weapon, Stephen’s guilt seems undeniable. But there were five other people in the manor house at the time, and as their stories slowly emerge—along with the revelation that the deceased man was involved in a deadly hunt for a priceless relic in Northern France at the end of World War II—the race is on to save Stephen from a death sentence. Everyone has a motive, and no one is telling the truth. Unwilling to sit by and watch the biased judge condemn Stephen to death, an ageing police inspector decides to travel from England to France to find out what really happened in that small French village in 1945—and what artifact could be so valuable it would be worth killing for.

Media Buzz

Diane Rehm Show - NPR - April 13, 2010