Roxborough Hall is a stately home in in Norfolk, and when the
current custodian Cecily dies the house goes through its unusual tradition. For
this mansion is not automatically left to the next in line, but instead there
is a special dinner for the family where each guest receives a letter telling
them if the estate has been left to them or not and the reason why.
Each member of the Mordaunt family feels they deserve to
inherit it from the eldest son David and his wife Bryony to younger brother
Grant who always has a different girlfriend on his arm. Or perhaps this time it
will skip a generation and one of the grandchildren will take the reins.
There is a long list of characters involved in this story,
and initially at the start I had to really concentrate on the family linage to
remember who was who, but that quickly settled down and you become very invested
in the characters and their back story - my personal favourite was Willa who is
trying desperately to keep her life on track despite struggling with an eating
disorder.
The plot had lots of twists and turns, but the description of
the house and the narrative really made me feel like I was in the room when
they were all having their discussions about what was happening and who should
be the next owner of the house.
This is a real page turner as you become desperate to know
who was the lucky recipient.
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