THE INHERITANCE OF SOLOMON FARTHING - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED & NUMBERED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING WITH BLUE PAGE EDGES

PAULSON-ELLIS Mary

ISBN 10: 1447293940 / ISBN 13: 9781447293941

Published by Mantle in association with Goldsboro Books, London, 2019

About this Item

Signed by Mary Paulson-Ellis to the Limitation Page. The Book has been Numbered to the Same Page and this is number 545 out of a Limited Edition of 600 Copies. The Book & Dust Jacket are in As New condition. This book is guaranteed to be a 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Publishers number sequence 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 confirms that this is a first printing. The Jacket is protected by a clear, removable, archival protective covering. The book is professionally wrapped and packed with great care with bubble wrap and placed in a special book box to ensure that the book arrives at your destination in perfect condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE INHERITANCE OF SOLOMON FARTHING - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED & NUMBERED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING WITH BLUE PAGE EDGES
• Publisher: Mantle in association with Goldsboro Books, London
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447293940
• ISBN 13: 9781447293941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Exclusive, Limited Or Slipcased Editions
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

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Synopsis

From The Times bestselling author of The Other Mrs Walker – Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2017 – comes Mary Paulson-Ellis's second stunning historical mystery, The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing.

Solomon knew that he had one advantage. A pawn ticket belonging to a dead man tucked into his top pocket – the only clue to the truth . . .

An old soldier dies alone in his Edinburgh nursing home. No known relatives, and no Will to enact. Just a pawn ticket found amongst his belongings, and fifty thousand pounds in used notes sewn into the lining of his burial suit . . .

Heir Hunter, Solomon Farthing – down on his luck, until, perhaps, now – is tipped off on this unexplained fortune. Armed with only the deceased’s name and the crumpled pawn ticket, he must find the dead man’s closest living relative if he is to get a cut of this much-needed cash.

But in trawling through the deceased’s family tree, Solomon uncovers a mystery that goes back to 1918 and a group of eleven soldiers abandoned in a farmhouse billet in France in the weeks leading up to the armistice.

Set between contemporary Edinburgh and the final brutal days of the First World War as the soldiers await their orders, The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing shows us how the debts of the present can never be settled unless those of the past have been paid first . . .

About the Author

Mary Paulson-Ellis lives in Edinburgh. Her critically acclaimed debut, The Other Mrs Walker was a Times bestseller and Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year. Her second, The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing was long-listed for the McIlvanney Prize for best Scottish crime novel and a Historical Writers Association Gold Crown. Mary’s short fiction has featured on BBC R4 and in 2019 Val McDermid named her one of ten exciting LGBTQ+ writers working today. In 2023 she was appointed the Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow by Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature. Emily Noble’s Disgrace is her third novel.