By Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (author)
"This remarkable whodunnit sees the adopted children of an eccentric billionaire embroiled in a gripping locked-yacht, locked-mansion murder mystery."
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Boasting a killer concept and exquisitely-executed plot, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s The Heirs is a whodunnit of the highest order. While its cast of fabulously-evoked prodigious characters provide plenty of entertainment and intrigue, the suspenseful story plays out like the masterful chess match the novel is structured around. Think Agatha Christie meets The Inheritance Games meets Knives Out the movie .
The Heirs in question are the adopted children of billionaire Leontes Button. Founder of an “internationally renowned games and merchandising company”, Button’s focus has shifted to “a controversial experiment” through which he’s exploring “what it takes to make a child genius”, which is how he came to adopt and mould the lives of five children: Octavius the musical maestro, Fola the scientist, Bilal the Olympian, Perdita the artist, and Romeo, deemed a failure as a result of failing to manifest any signs of genius, in a conventional sense, at least.
When Button senior is murdered on a yacht in the Hamptons on the occasion of the tenth annual Prodigy Ball, fingers are pointed, suspicions sizzle, and questions arise through an ingeniously-plotted, puzzle-packed murder mystery that sees a succession of shocking secrets come to light, and rise to a truly unexpected finale.
Though set in the contemporary world, the witty style and setting evoke the Gatsby-esque glamour and intrigue of classic golden age mysteries, which makes The Heirs an immensely satisfying, brilliantly-written novel that straddles the YA/adult murder mystery boundary.
The utterly addictive new YA murder mystery thriller from Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé; the instant New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Ace of Spade and Where Sleeping Girls Lie.
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MEET THE HEIRS Octavius the Maestro . Fola the Brain . Bilal the Olympian . Perdita the Artist . Romeo the Failure .
FIVE PRODIGIES Everyone has heard of the Button heirs: the five genius children of infamous billionaire Leontes Button. Adopted and trained under the "Button Method", they've had no choice but to be brilliant.
ONE DEAD FATHER But brilliance comes at a deadly price. Because at their father's tenth annual Prodigy Ball, Leontes Button is murdered.
A MANSION FULL OF SUSPECTS As long-buried secrets come to light, one thing is clear: everyone at the ball had reason to want him dead. After all, their father was especially good at making enemies...
A rollercoaster of twists and turns with secrets, lies, murder and money, The Heirs is The Inheritance Games meets Knives Out.
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is the instant New York Times, international bestselling and award-winning author of Ace of Spades . She is an avid tea drinker, a collector of strange mugs and a recent graduate from a university in the Scottish Highlands where she received a BA in English Literature. She is currently pursuing an MA in Shakespeare Studies from Kings College, London. When she isn't spinning dark tales, Faridah can be found examining the deeper meanings in Disney Channel original movies.
Faridah also runs a weekly literary podcast, "The Write Type" on her website.
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The utterly addictive new YA murder mystery thriller from Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé; the instant New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Ace of Spade and Where Sleeping Girls Lie.MEET THE HEIRSOctavius the Maestro.Fola the Brain.Bilal the Olympian.Perdita the Artist.Romeo the Failure.FIVE PRODIGIESEveryone has heard of the Button heirs: the five genius children of infamous billionaire Leontes Button. Adopted and trained under the "Button Method", they've had no choice but to be brilliant.ONE DEAD FATHERBut brilliance comes at a deadly price.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Heirs and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
The Heirs features in the following genres: Featured Books for Young Adults, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Adventure Stories, Crime & Mystery, Stories about Family and Friends, Thrillers, PSHE: Family Issues, PSHE: Siblings, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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The Heirs was written by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. an imprint of Usborne Publishing
The Heirs has 349 pages
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