inheritance and succession

Tom Rath, having returned from World War II to settle down with his wife and children in their nice New York home, finds himself feeling discontented with himself and his job, and when he encounters a man from his past, he must make an important decision about how to go forward with his life.

Fifteen-year-old Firiel, who lives in the remote highlands with her father, is unaware of the danger she faces as she prepares to attend the Count's ball.

Both the Darks and the Penhallows gather to hear the legacy of their Aunt Becky, the eccentric old matriarch of the clan. Her legacy holds a value greater than any they could have guessed.

Stanley's claim on Candlestick Hall, left to him by his great-uncle Bart, has been taken over by a family named the Darlings, and now Stanley must prove that Candlestick is really his.

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.

Upon his father's death, Salem inherits a mansion as well as an unfinished battle with creatures from another world, which requires him to seek the help of his guardian familiar and the colorful performers of Dr. Kinoshita's Circus of Unearthly Delights.

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.

A rival for her grandmother's inheritance arrives in college freshman Erin's creative writing class, unaware that he plays the main character in one of her steamy short stories.