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The Death of Mrs. Westaway
Mystery
The Death of Mrs. Westaway
Struggling tarot reader Hal Westaway receives a letter naming her as a beneficiary in the will of a wealthy woman she has never met. Desperate for money, Hal travels to the family's bleak Cornish estate intending to use cold-reading skills to claim an inheritance meant for someone else. The dead woman's children, a forbidding housekeeper, and a locked room reveal that Hal's mistaken identity may connect to a concealed family history. Wintry and suspenseful, this mystery suits readers who enjoy isolated mansions, dubious inheritances, secret parentage, and heroines whose deception leads them toward a truth more personal than the fortune.
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