Inheritance

Howard Surridge, Paul

Fisher King Publishing（2025/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 208 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781916776920
• DDC分類 823.92

Full Description

Arthur Ledbetter was five when his parents skied off a cliff
in Verbier. Florence Wright, a farmer's daughter, adopted him, and they lived
in a cottage in a remote village in Cumbria. As Arthur (Art) grew up, he was in
constant disagreement with Florence (Flo) about all manner of things, but
especially his attitude toward her, his laziness, the food he was fed, his
untidiness, and the books and magazines he read. Their personalities were at
opposite ends of the spectrum. 

Bored with living in such a remote location, he keeps a
diary of daily tedium. One day, he decides to kill Flo, inherit her assets, and
marry her niece, Sophie. Art shares his frustration and his plans for murder
with his best friend Charlie, who gets roped into being his accomplice.
Sometime later, after several unsuccessful, naive, and comedic attempts to kill
Flo, Art goes on to inherit not one, but three estates, making him a wealthy
man.

On vacation in Cornwall, Art meets Ella, an American woman
who was unwittingly involved in money laundering in the US and was fleeing the
US judicial system. She has control over $100 million in a Swiss bank
account. They fall in love, and after much soul-searching, Art agrees to marry
Ella, escaping the country to live in a haven where extradition treaties are
not recognised. Their mission to invest the $100 million in charitable projects
around the world as Ella attempts to clear her name.