"This remarkable whodunnit sees the adopted children of an eccentric billionaire embroiled in a gripping locked-yacht, locked-mansion murder mystery."
Boasting a killer concept and exquisitely-executed plot, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s The Heirs is a whodunnit of the highest order. While its cast of fabulously-evoked prodigious characters provide plenty of entertainment and intrigue, the suspenseful story plays out like the masterful chess match the novel is structured around. Think Agatha Christie meets The Inheritance Games meets Knives Out the movie.
The Heirs in question are the adopted children of billionaire Leontes Button. Founder of an “internationally renowned games and merchandising company”, Button’s focus has shifted to “a controversial experiment” through which he’s exploring “what it takes to make a child genius”, which is how he came to adopt and mould the lives of five children: Octavius the musical maestro, Fola the scientist, Bilal the Olympian, Perdita the artist, and Romeo, deemed a failure as a result of failing to manifest any signs of genius, in a conventional sense, at least.
When Button senior is murdered on a yacht in the Hamptons on the occasion of the tenth annual Prodigy Ball, fingers are pointed, suspicions sizzle, and questions arise through an ingeniously-plotted, puzzle-packed murder mystery that sees a succession of shocking secrets come to light, and rise to a truly unexpected finale.
Though set in the contemporary world, the witty style and setting evoke the Gatsby-esque glamour and intrigue of classic golden age mysteries, which makes The Heirs an immensely satisfying, brilliantly-written novel that straddles the YA/adult murder mystery boundary.
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The utterly addictive new YA murder mystery thriller from Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé; the instant New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Ace of Spade and Where Sleeping Girls Lie.
MEET THE HEIRS
Octavius the Maestro.
Fola the Brain.
Bilal the Olympian.
Perdita the Artist.
Romeo the Failure.
FIVE PRODIGIES
Everyone has heard of the Button heirs: the five genius children of infamous billionaire Leontes Button. Adopted and trained under the "Button Method", they've had no choice but to be brilliant.
ONE DEAD FATHER
But brilliance comes at a deadly price. Because at their father's tenth annual Prodigy Ball, Leontes Button is murdered.
A MANSION FULL OF SUSPECTS
As long-buried secrets come to light, one thing is clear: everyone at the ball had reason to want him dead. After all, their father was especially good at making enemies...
A rollercoaster of twists and turns with secrets, lies, murder and money, The Heirs is The Inheritance Games meets Knives Out.
The Heirs features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Star Books, Young Adult Fiction, Crime and Mystery, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Siblings, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+
The Heirs is available in Paperback
The Heirs was written by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. an imprint of Usborne Publishing
The Heirs has 349 pages
£8.99
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