The Ashford Inheritance
When a letter from Hargrove, Hargrove and Whitfield arrives at her Chicago apartment, Eleanor Voss's carefully constructed life begins to unravel. The envelope bears the return address of a town she has spent twenty-three years pretending doesn't exist, and the news inside changes everything. She has inherited the entire Ashford estate from Roland Ashford, a man she barely remembers, along with a fortune tied to a family she has never truly known. To claim it, Eleanor must return to the one place she swore she never would. What she finds in Ashford is far more dangerous than old memories. The family lawyer, Victor Palgrave, seems eager to help, but never quite meets her eyes. The housekeeper, Dottie Marsh, knows more than she admits. Sheriff Dale Brennan cautions her against digging, and Roland's former business partner, Harlan Pryce, treats her arrival like a threat. As Eleanor sifts through locked rooms, missing photographs, and decades-old journals, a portrait of Roland's final days emerges, one that suggests his death was no accident, and that someone in Ashford has spent a lifetime covering it up. With the help of an unlikely ally, Eleanor must decide how far she is willing to go for the truth, knowing that every answer she uncovers brings her closer to a killer who has been waiting for her return.