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Can I read The Belting Inheritance (British Library Crime Classics) on EtoBox?
The Belting Inheritance (British Library Crime Classics) by Julian Symons is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Belting Inheritance (British Library Crime Classics) about?
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 Wainwrights 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.
Who reads The Belting Inheritance (British Library Crime Classics)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Julian Symons
- Publisher
- House of Stratus
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780712352321
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Children'S, Thriller
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (332 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14