Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder'Cleverly told . . . brilliant character work and plotting up to the usual Symons standard.' - Observer 'An intriguing puzzle centered on identity. . . ' -Publishers WeeklyLady 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 missingDavid 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 by Julian Symons, Paperback | Indigo Chapters