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The Inheritance Experiment: A Psychological Inheritance Thriller
Paperback
Publisher: Carter Bryson
Published: Jul 1 2026
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.53 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Some fortunes are inherited.
Others have to be earned.
When attorney Emma Lawson attends what should have been a routine will reading, she expects to confirm that her elderly client has inherited nothing and catch the afternoon train home.
Instead, she finds herself named as a contestant in the final game of reclusive billionaire Owen Ashcroft.
His fortune-worth one hundred and eighty million dollars-has not been divided among his heirs.
It will belong to one team.
Five teams of complete strangers.
Six impossible challenges.
One winner.
There is no second place.
Forced into an uneasy partnership with Ben Carter, a history teacher she's never met, Emma is drawn into a contest that reaches far beyond money. Every challenge forces the teams to make impossible choices, exposing hidden loyalties, buried secrets, and the lengths ordinary people will go when a fortune is within reach.
Watching from beyond the grave, Ashcroft seems to have anticipated every move they make.
But why were these particular people chosen?
What connects them?
And what is the real prize waiting at the end of the game?
As alliances fracture and rival teams begin playing by their own rules, Emma realizes the contest was never designed simply to discover who deserves the inheritance.
It was designed to reveal who they truly are.
Because the greatest mystery isn't why Ashcroft left behind a fortune.
It's why he left it to them.
Perfect for readers who love intelligent psychological mysteries filled with unforgettable characters, intricate puzzles, unexpected twists, and relentless suspense, The Second Audience is a page-turning mystery thriller that will keep you guessing until its stunning final revelation.
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