Moment of Madness

by Una-MaryParker (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.45

  When the eccentric genius, Professor Miles Scott-Forbes, suddenly dies, his will is found to be straightforward and generous as far as his two sons are concerned. But for Lucinda, the daughter he ignored all his life, he has set up a bizarre treasure hunt, which she must follow before she can claim a penny of her inheritance...

• Used

  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.45

  When Lucinda Farrell's father, Miles Scott-Forbes, suddenly dies at the age of 77, there is a natural sense of grief but it is touched with a hint of relief on the part of Lucinda and her brothers, Tom and Harry. Miles was an eccentric, brilliant mathematician who hovered on the brink of madness, driving his family, sometimes cruelly, to distraction. But it seems, although he is now dead, that Lucinda is not going to escape from his machiavellian nature. He has left Lucinda a sealed box along with instructions to open it alone. Tom and Harry are in a fever of curiosity, tinged with jealousy. Why has Lucinda been singled out? Already her late father's actions are setting blood against blood. For Lucinda, the opening of the box will have shocking consequences...