The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing

Paulson-Ellis, Mary

ISBN 10: 1447293940 / ISBN 13: 9781447293941

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

About this Item

2019, 1st edition, 1st impression, complete number line. Fine Hardcover book in Fine dustjacket. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering to spine. Appears unread. A limitation page has been inserted between the Half-title and Title which states "No. 206 of 600 numbered copies of the first edition" and is signed by the author, otherwise no inscriptions or other markings. DJ is not price clipped (£16.99), and is protected in an archival quality clear protective cover, non-adhesive, which was applied by the previous owner when the book was bought. 506pp, no edgewear or any other noticeable faults. A very nice book, scarce in this condition. This book is part of The Coetmor Collection which comes from a local book collector in North Wales. His particular area of interest is modern fiction. All his books are 1st Edition, 1st Impression, hardback, bought new by himself, and all in Fine or Near Fine condition. All were covered in archival quality dustjacket protectors at the time of purchase.

Seller Inventory # 204907

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing
• Publisher: Mantle in association with Goldsboro Books, London
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447293940
• ISBN 13: 9781447293941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by author on Limmitation Page.

About this title

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.