LEGACY OF HARTLEPOOL HALL

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN COMES A STORY OF INHERITANCE, A GREAT COUNTRY HOUSE, AND A WAY OF LIFE THAT IS DISAPPEARING...ED HARTLEPOOL HAS BEEN LIVING IN SELF-IMPOSED EXILE FOR FIVE YEARS, BUT WITH A SETTLEMENT REGARDING HIS INHERITANCE LOOMING, HE MUST RETURN TO HIS ANCESTRAL SEAT, HARTLEPOOL HALL. ON HIS RETURN, HE DISCOVERS THAT HIS FATHER HAS LEFT HIM, ALONG WITH THE HOUSE, A SEVEN MILLION POUND TAX BILL, TWO MASSIVE OVERDRAFTS, AN 80-YEAR-OLD BUTLER, AND A VAST COUNTRY ESTATE THAT IS CREAKING AT THE SEAMS. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THERE IS A STRANGE WOMAN IN RESIDENCE - LADY ALICE - WHO SEEMS TO HAVE MADE HERSELF VERY MUCH AT HOME. WITH THE DEBTS MOUNTING, IT SEEMS THAT ED'S ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TURN TO HIS FRIEND ANNABEL'S NEW BOYFRIEND, A PROPERTY DEVELOPER WHO PLANS TO TURN HARTLEPOOL HALL INTO LUXURY FLATS AND A GOLF COURSE. BUT CAN ED SAVE HIS INHERITANCE WITHOUT SUCH A DRASTIC MOVE? AND IS LADY ALICE REALLY THE PERSON SHE CLAIMS TO BE?