Synopsis
“A brilliant and absorbing drama.”
—Good Housekeeping (UK)
A fresh and exciting new voice in contemporary fiction, Katherine Webb debuts with a haunting novel about a secret family history. Already a sensation in the United Kingdom, Webb’s The Legacy is a treat for every fan of upmarket women’s fiction and literary suspense in the vein of bestselling authors Kate Morton, Sarah Waters, and Diane Setterfield. Taut, affecting, and surprising—a story that ranges from present-day England back to the American West in the early twentieth century—The Legacy embroils two sisters in an investigation into the strange, never solved disappearance of their cousin, a dark mystery that opened deep family wounds that never healed.
About Katherine Webb
See more books from this AuthorAs a girl, Erica was too young to grasp the details of Henry's fate, but 23 years later, now a strong and independent woman, she pleads with Dinny for answers, while older sister Beth, clinically depressed, wants to leave the past buried.
Jul 18 2011 | Read Full Review of The LegacyBoth girls loved him as children and Erica continues to love him in the present day but it is unclear if Dinny still holds a torch for Beth or whether he could be interested in Erica now.
Mar 13 2012 | Read Full Review of The LegacyCampbell knew how to get the most out of a Jimmy Webb song, that’s for real: the ambiguous “Wichita Lineman”, the haunting “Galveston”, and the mournful “By the Time I Get to Phoenix.” My theory is that Webb knew that only undersinging could put across songs like this, and that he wrote them spec...
Dec 15 2003 | Read Full Review of The LegacyAn aggregated and normalized score based on 84 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes