The Inheritance Thief
9 February 2027 · United States
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Brown follows Society of Lies with another thriller about access, status and concealed connections. Malibu and Chamonix provide contrasting settings for an investigation rooted in the employer’s unsettling knowledge of Zoe’s family.
About the book
Zoe Li takes a job with filmmaker Simone Rothwell and enters the privileged world she has long wanted to join. When a body is recovered in the French Alps, the case connects Simone with Zoe’s mother and an old disappearance, making the job look increasingly like a deliberate trap.