inheritance and succession

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.

A young boy enjoys drinking his cocoa from a special cup that has been passed down through several generations of his family.

In late nineteenth-century Maine, isolated, eleven-year-old Clara Dooley gains a friend and uncovers a magical secret that changes her life when she learns to care for the once-feared birds in the aviary attached to the Glendoveer mansion where she lives.

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 inheritance.

Runaway Eve, having agreed to impersonate a girl named Aurora who disappeared three years earlier in order to help her cousins gain her inheritance, is haunted by the ghost of Aurora's best friend, who died on the night she went missing, and races against time to find out what really happened to Aurora and stop a killer from claiming her as a victim.

Presents eighteenth-century playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy in which a rich man attempts to determine the true natures of his two nephews--one of whom is noted for his decency, the other for his vices--in order to choose a deserving, charitable heir.

Impeccable story about a young couple awaiting an inheritance as their marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice.

Depicts English societal conflicts in the early 20th century, at the end of the Edwardian era.

When twelve-year-old Albert inherits a thousand dollars from an uncle, he decides that what he needs most is a zephyrcar--a flying machine that skims over the ground--to help him deliver papers on his morning route.

When Stephen Friedman discovers a clue from the grave of a Holocaust survivor, he becomes obsessed with finding the treasure the clue alludes to, and becomes the target of a serial killer who is also after the fortune.