Last Will And Testament

Last Will and Testament (1978) by Elizabeth Ferrars
Book Club Associates
ISBN: None (this one predates the great barcode invasion, so you’ll have to read it without the reassuring beep at checkout).
Condition: Good (and at Crappy Old Books, “Good” means it’s been thumbed through carefully enough to keep its secrets intact, but not so reverently that it looks like it’s been in cryogenic storage since ’78).

Elizabeth Ferrars—sometimes called the “modern Agatha Christie” but with a slyer, sharper touch—serves up another tangle of motives, money, and mayhem in Last Will and Testament. And really, when has a will in a mystery novel ever resulted in a quiet, friendly distribution of assets followed by tea and cake? Exactly.

Here, a death triggers the reading of a will, and what should be a matter of ink and paper becomes a labyrinth of grudges, secrets, and suspiciously timed demises. Family members bristle, acquaintances hover, and everyone seems just a little too interested in what the dearly departed has left behind. As Ferrars knew so well, where there’s a fortune, there’s usually foul play—and it’s rarely the butler.

Expect within these pages:

• Testators who speak louder from beyond the grave than they ever did in life.

• Beneficiaries whose smiles don’t quite reach their eyes.

• Ferrars’ trademark clean prose, plotting precision, and just enough wit to keep you grinning between gasps.

Perfect for:

• Readers who enjoy mysteries where the legal document is as dangerous as the murder weapon.

• Collectors charmed by Book Club Associates hardbacks (the unsung workhorses of the British mystery shelf).

• Anyone who secretly suspects they’d behave very badly at a will reading.

At Crappy Old Books, this copy comes to you in Good condition: no missing codicils, no dagger-shaped doodles in the margins, and just enough gentle wear to prove it has already witnessed its share of intrigue.

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