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Twelve-year old Johnny Dixon and his friend Professor Childermass look for the hidden will left by an eccentric cereal tycoon who wished to make life difficult for his heirs after his own death by suicide.

The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritancesubjects: Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Mystery Fiction, Detective Stories, Apartment Houses, Newbery Medal Winner 1979.

Thirteen-year-old Gerald inherits twenty billion pounds, a Caribbean island, a yacht, and three estates from his great-aunt Geraldine, a relative he never knew, but the fortune comes with a letter that informs him Geraldine was murdered and that it is up to him to solve the crime.

After a near disaster, when the boat Nancy and her two friends were in gets caught in a horrible storm, a mystery unravels in a bungalow that they have found.

While trying to locate a missing dancer who is about to gain a large inheritance, Nancy Drew finds a clue leading to the solution of a mystery.

Opening in the swirling mists of London, the novel revolves around a court case that has dragged on for decades?the infamous Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal costs.

Private investigator Kinsey Millhone is hired to track down Guy Malek, a man who walked away from his family eighteen years earlier and now stands to inherit part of his deceased father's forty-million dollar estate, but unfortunately, not everyone is eager to welcome home the prodigal son.

An unexpected legacy from the father who deserted her as a baby starts Jenny on a dangerous search for answers to questions concerning her father, his death, and her own future.

Eleven-year-old Charlie and his twin sister Lacey, having traveled to England to claim an inheritance from their late great-uncle, learn they have until midnight to solve the mystery of a family curse that could spell doom for Charlie.

Art master Walter Hartright comes to the aid of his student, Laura, whom he has fallen in love with, after the woman's husband steals her fortune and identity, and while helping her, Walter finds a connection between Laura's situation and a mysterious woman in white.

Nikki Peters quits her secure bank job to take a risky position investigating Colin, the black sheep of the very wealthy Dempsey family, but her bid for money and adventure comes very close to backfiring.

"On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance.

Detective Bob Pasquale is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of wealthy Anson Ledyard who is presumed dead after his Lexus was found in a swamp, but he finds himself instead falling in love with the beautiful young widow.

When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.

"Mr. Summerling, Marly's neighbor, talked about being a treasure hunter, and news of his death has brought Marly into a treasure hunt of her own.