description: Tom Savage's two previous novels, Precipice and Valentine, have brought high praise from critics and fellow writers alike. Nelson DeMille called Savage's first novel, Precipice, "An extremely clever and gripping novel, marvelously plotted, and thoroughly spell-binding," while "A stunning first novel that presages a brilliant career," was Robert Parker's reaction. Ann Rule said, Precipice was "the most intricately plotted thriller I have read in years!" They will be preparing their superlatives again with the appearance of Savage's new thriller, The Inheritance. Most people only daydream the possibility; for Holly Smith the dream turned to reality--then a nightmare. The California girl who has lived a comfortable middle-class life finds herself heiress to a vast fortune and massive house on the East Coast. But from the moment she steps across the threshold of the mansion that is now hers, she feels the chill emanating from those who see her as the interloper--the woman who robbed them of what was rightfully theirs. And only her death will satisfy the lurking presence determined to wrest from her slender hands the inheritance that is rightfully--whose? With The Inheritance, Tom Savage has created a modern Gothic novel brimming with ever-mounting suspense.  * Tom Savage has received fabulous praise for his previous work. * TV rights to Savage's Valentine have been sold to Hearst.
language: English
title: The Inheritance
titlecomplete: The Inheritance
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Mystery Thriller, Psychological Thriller
ratings_count: 449
places: Long Island, New York
publisher: Thomas t Beeler