Inheritance - Hardcover

Baker, Keith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0747218277 ISBN 13: 9780747218272

Publisher: Headline Book Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

A debut thriller set in a Northern Ireland where the Troubles have been over for twenty years. When a retired RUC officer is blown up in a gas explosion in his caravan, his son inherits a key to the past, and as he uncovers the truth about his father's death, he stumbles across a conspiracy of daring and awesome greed.

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Review

Breathtaking...if you read no other thriller this year, buy this one (IRISH TIMES)

ENGRAM: 'Redolent of Highsmith, this is a taut, well-orchestrated piece' The Times
'Vivid and frightening...an intelligent thriller' The Times Literary Supplement

Keith Baker's debut thriller, Inheritance, was a WH Smith Fresh Talent selection and received rave reviews:
'Breathtaking...if you read no other thriller this year, buy this one' Irish Times
'So good it's hard to believe it's a first novel' Ted Allbeury
'Move aside Jack Higgins, here comes Keith Baker' Tribune Magazine
'As Keith Baker constructs a tangled plot shot through with vengeance and politics, he remains firmly in control, deftly moving his thriller toward its dramatic conclusion' New York Times
'Gripping debut novel' Express on Sunday
'A boisterous fast-paced adventure' Financial Times

So good it's hard to believe it's a first novel (Ted Allbeury)

Gripping debut novel (EXPRESS ON SUNDAY)

'A gripping thriller...Baker's characters are frighteningly credible and the cliffhanger chapter endings ensure you are burning the midnight oil until the heart-stopping conclusion' Manchester Evening News [Reckoning]

A boisterous fast-paced adventure (FINANCIAL TIMES)

As Keith Baker constructs a tangled plot shot through with vengeance and politics, he remains firmly in control, deftly moving his thriller toward its dramatic conclusion (NEW YORK TIMES)

Move aside Jack Higgins, here comes Keith Baker (TRIBUNE MAGAZINE)

About the Author

Keith Baker is a former Head of News and Current Affairs, BBC Northern Ireland. He lives in County Down.

Edition details

• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747218277
• ISBN 13: 9780747218272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280