{"product_id":"the-deadly-inheritance-of-everest-macdonald","title":"The Deadly Inheritance of Everest MacDonald","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in wartime London and based on a true story, Everest Macdonald investigates the murder of her uncle, the actor William Terriss. A riveting, dark historical mystery from \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author A.J. West.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1915, Surrey. As the Great War rages on the continent, Everest Macdonald, wife and mother, is summoned to her father's deathbed and entrusted with a final urgent she must uncover the truth behind the murder of her uncle, the celebrated Victorian actor William Terriss, a crime that has haunted her family for decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1897, Terriss was stabbed to death outside London's Adelphi Theatre, a killing that shocked Victorian society. The murderer was swiftly arrested and confined to Broadmoor, the case declared closed. Yet years later, a sealed package of evidence passed to Everest by her dying father casts doubt on the official verdict and the haste with which it was reached.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawn back to wartime London, with her husband and children left behind, Everest begins her investigation, following a trail that leads her into the world of late-Victorian theatre, where fame and fortune mask obsession, envy and cruelty. With time running out and her father's strength failing, Everest must uncover what \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e happened on the night Terriss died, and shed light on the unsettling legacy he left behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased on an extraordinary true story, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Deadly Inheritance of Everest Macdonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a dark, atmospheric historical mystery and a compelling adventure, as an unlikely investigator risks everything to pursue one of the most notorious killings of the Victorian stage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A.J. West","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":58866131960189,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/9520\/6693\/files\/255173354.jpg?v=1791543158","url":"https:\/\/bookwyrm.co.uk\/products\/the-deadly-inheritance-of-everest-macdonald","provider":"BookWyrm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}