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Splitting Heirs
Overview
In 1923, the sudden death of a mysterious loner in a seedy Los Angeles hotel leads an eager newspaper reporter to unearth a stunning fortune. His stories trigger a race to claim heirship, bringing hundreds of false claimants out of the woodwork. A young lawyer, Reid Foster, teams with a forensic genealogist to track down the rightful heirs in Paris and Provence.
The lawyer - strait-laced and puritanical - reluctantly joins the profligate genealogist to find relatives in post-WWI France, where they encounter characters ranging from grateful to greedy and sympathetic to seductive. Their inquest culminates in Los Angeles with a contentious trial that tests their ingenuity and persistence.
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- ISBN-13: 9781736345177
- ISBN-10: 1736345176
- Publisher: McCaa Books
- Publish Date: July 2021
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.72 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.03 pounds
- Page Count: 348
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