Lady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting, in mourning for her two sons lost in the Second World War. Long afterwards a stranger arrives at Belting, claiming to be the missing David Wainwright - who was not killed after all, but held captive for years in a Russian prison camp. With Lady Wainwright's health fading, her inheritance is at stake, and the family is torn apart by doubts over its mysterious long-lost son. Belting is shadowed by suspicion and intrigue - and then the first body is found. This atmospheric novel of family secrets, first published in 1964, is by a winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger.
| ISBN: | 9780712352321 |
| Publication date: | 10th September 2018 |
| Author: | Julian Symons |
| Publisher: | British Library Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 237 pages |
| Series: | British Library Crime Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic crime and mystery fiction |
Lady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting, in mourning for her two sons lost in the Second World War. Long afterwards a stranger arrives at Belting, claiming to be the missing David Wainwright - who was not killed after all, but held captive for years in a Russian prison camp. With Lady Wainwright's health fading, her inheritance is at stake, and the family is torn apart by doubts over its mysterious long-lost son. Belting is shadowed by suspicion and intrigue - and then the first body is found. This atmospheric novel of family secrets, first published in 1964, is by a winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger.
The Belting Inheritance features in the following genres: Classic crime and mystery fiction
The Belting Inheritance is available in Paperback
The Belting Inheritance was written by Julian Symons and published by British Library Publishing
The Belting Inheritance has 237 pages
Yes it is part of British Library Crime Classics series
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