L V Starkey

Richard Brickley became all consumed with his father’s death and inheriting his money before estate tax came in on 1st January. It was his duty to protect that money for himself and his sister.

The Inheritance isn’t just a story about a brother and sister trying to kill their father to avoid estate tax. It was a humorous delve into each characters quirks and idiosyncrasies.
Uniquely written that it, not only, moved back and forward in time but also changed perspective on who was telling the story. Each short chapter was solely on one character. Sometimes written in 1st person at other times in 3rd person.
It took me a little while to work out the time lines and the fact that present time was written in italics. I think that was just me being a little slow.
I loved every character and each had their own little peculiarities. There is more to the book than the reader is initially led to believe by the blurb.
Lee was by far my favourite character and I’m sure will be a huge hit with any book lover. Also loved the mention of different books and authors throughout!
A great measure of whether a book is good or great is if I can’t put it down for a few hours and do something else. This book just kept drawing me back! I wanted to read it straight through and I felt let down when I finished reading. Not because I didn’t like how it ended but because I didn’t want to let go of these characters that I had begun to love.
I had a great compulsion to count the steps leading upstairs in our house and believe it or not there are……seventeen!!! What does this mean! You’ll have to read the book to find out.… (meer)