When struggling author Sarah is left a bequest in her aunt Evie’s will with strange terms - she will inherit only if she can solve the decades-old mystery of Evie’s best friend, Lucy’s, disappearance, she doesn’t hesitate to snap up the opportunity to get out London. But the centuries-old Manor House that Evie has left, and from which Lucy disappeared 35 years before, isn’t going to give up its secrets easily. And then Sarah starts receiving threatening phone calls…

The Inheritance had something of the feel of Kate Morton about it - big house, aristocratic family with a mystery at their heart - but it didn’t work particularly well as a thriller for me, lacking the tension and propulsive page-turning of Linskey’s previous novel, Don’t Let Him In.

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 inherit. As it is so long ago, the witnesses are elderly and reluctant to speak of Lucy again. Sarah makes friends and works through clues involving this strange family. Who is telling the truth?
Great writing and a compelling mystery story that has you wanting to read on to find out what has happened. Wonderful descriptions of the mansion and it's past inhabitants, with mysteries in the mansion itself.
Loved the ending! Amazing read and I will be reading more from Howard Linskey.

Perfectly Crafted…
When her famous aunt Evelyn passes away Sarah learns of an inheritance that is to be hers should she be able to fulfil the condition left in the will. She has to find a killer. Evelyn, a writer of considerable talent and fame, has left a detailed last manuscript for Sarah to assist in her quest - this book within a book transports the reader back decades where Evelyn’s early life is drawn and runs parallel with Sarah’s present day task. As Sarah settles herself into the imposing mansion house of Cragsmoor, so begins a doggedly determined hunt for the truth. Bubbling over with atmosphere and vividly drawn description, this suspenseful, character driven and perfectly crafted mystery is a joy from start to finish. Compelling, intriguing and impossible to part with until the final denouement. Will the truth out?