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  • Published: 13 February 2025
  • ISBN: 9781804953983
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $38.00

The Inheritance

  • Trisha Sakhlecha




Most family reunions end in tears. This one will end in murder… Get ready for a claustrophobic, roller-coaster ride in 2025.

On a private island off the west coast of Scotland, the Agarwals gather for a much-awaited family reunion…

Raj, the patriarch and business tycoon, who has six weeks to decide how to split his petrochemicals empire between his three children.

Shalini, the fragile mother, who longs to see her family healed.

Myra, the eldest daughter and golden child, who, unbeknownst to the family, is on the brink of bankruptcy.

Aseem, the son and supposed heir, who must choose between his wife and his family.

Aisha, the fun-loving youngest daughter, who is tired of being treated like a child.

And Zoe, the outsider whose #Instaperfect life is built on a foundation of lies.

They’ve all got secrets that they would die to protect.

But only one of them is capable of murder.

  • Published: 13 February 2025
  • ISBN: 9781804953983
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $38.00

Praise for The Inheritance

Tense, atmospheric. I couldn’t put it down and WOW – the ending!

Ruth Mancini

Sakhlecha’s glamorous thriller portrays a dysfunctional family doing despicable things in the name of love

The Washington Post

Succession meets Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None in this unputdownable, unpredictable thriller.

RED Magazine

Twisty

Crime Monthly Magazine

An elegant portrait of family dysfunction and a pacy, page-turning whodunnit, The Inheritance keeps you hooked until the very end.

iNews

A cracker… if you thought TV hit Succession was a shocking expose of a family’s dark secrets, this’ll blow your socks off as fragile bonds are torn apart on the way to murder.

Peterborough Telegraph

A propulsive thriller… a slow-burning, multilayered and brooding story.

Woman & Home Magazine

With echoes of the TV dramas Succession and The White Lotus, but also of Agatha Christie and The Traitors, Trisha Sakhlecha’s third novel centres on a wealthy Indian family, the Agarwals, who gather on a Scottish island to celebrate Papa and Mama’s wedding anniversary... As the family crisis unfolds, Sakhlecha displays a Christie-like knack for misdirection, framing everyone on the island as at once a potential victim and a potential killer.

The Times

[An] ambitious family saga with twists galore . . . Well-paced and character-led this is a breeze of a read.

Crime Time

Sakhlecha’s third novel is a heady broth of secrets and lies; she expertly ratchets up the tension as anger and resentment simmering below the surface gradually come to a head and result in murder.

Guardian

Compelling and taut, if you adored Succession, you’ll love this!

Fabulous Magazine

A tense and propulsive thriller . . . As tensions builds, emotions rise and there’s only one way things will end . . . murder.

Woman’s Weekly

Multi-layered and atmospheric.

WOMAN Magazine