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The Rent Paid by a Dead Man: A Loughhaven Inheritance Mystery
Paperback
Series: The Loughhaven Inheritance Mysteries, Book 10
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 10 2026
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
For seventy-three years, a dead man appears to have paid the rent.
Every Michaelmas, exactly one pound is credited to the landlord of Lantern Cottage in the name of Arthur Fenwick, who died in 1953. The banks and signatures change. The instruction never does:
KEEP THE WINDOW LIT.
When the first missed payment threatens eighty-two-year-old Nora Fenwick with eviction, probate genealogist Anna Harland examines the original rent book. Seventy-three receipts carry different signatures, and transmitted light reveals another tenant's name hidden beneath Arthur's before the lease was signed.
With records expert Maya Singh, Daniel Harland and solicitor Frances Morrow, Anna follows the annual pound through twelve harbour families, a storm rescue, a forgotten estate deed, a child recorded under the wrong surname and a promise that protected Nora's home while quietly postponing her right to choose its future.
The evidence may stop the eviction. But resolving the case requires more than proving who paid. Anna must determine what the payment acknowledged, who was entitled to make the final decision and whether a promise can survive after the last keeper is gone without becoming another form of control.
The Rent Paid by a Dead Man is a clean British inheritance mystery about hidden tenancy, faithful guardianship, imperfect records and the difference between preserving someone's choice and replacing it. It is Book Ten of The Loughhaven Inheritance Mysteries and resolves its central case completely.
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