Inherit the Dead

A Novel

De: Lee Child, Lisa Unger, C. J. Box, Lawrence Block, Charlaine Harris, Jonathan Santlofer - editor, Mary Higgins Clark

Narrado por: Christopher Evan Welch

This New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller, is a collaboration between twenty bestselling mystery novelists who have joined forces to create a spellbinding story of love, betrayal, and intrigue. “Readers can’t go wrong with this juicy thriller” raves Library Journal.

Pericles “Perry” Christo is a PI with a past—a former cop who lost his badge and his family when a corruption scandal left him broke and disgraced. So when wealthy Upper East Side matron Julia Drusilla summons him one cold February night, he grabs what seems to be a straightforward (and lucrative) case.

The socialite is looking for her beautiful, aimless daughter, Angelina, who is about to become a very wealthy young woman. But as Christo digs deeper, he discovers there’s much more to the lovely “Angel” than meets the eye. This classic noir tale twists and turns down New York’s mean streets and along the Hamptons beaches and back roads during a bitterly cold and gray winter where nothing is as it seems and everyone has something to hide.

In this inventive “serial novel” storytelling approach, each of the twenty bestselling writers brings his or her distinctive voice to a chapter of Inherit the Dead, building the tension to a shocking, explosive finale. The editor, Jonathan Santlofer, has arranged to donate any royalties in excess of editor and contributor compensation to Safe Horizon, the leading victim assistance agency in the country.

Predictable

Just wasn’t as gripping as I thought it would be for a Lee Child book.

intriguing and complete story

this was a neat experience. This read has multiple writing styles to experience. thank you

inherit the dead

was good but kinda slow in places. the story was good and each author contribution unique.

Boring & badly plotted.

This book was terrible and ordinarily I would have asked for my credit back but given it was for a good cause I didn't and read it through right to the end. It was not a good. The plot was skimpy and the narrator did well to hold it together at all. This was appalling. Sorry. I'd not heard of most of the authors perhaps this was one of the problems. I've read other books structured like this which were fabulous. Unfortunately, this wasn't one of them.

Typical of multiple story books

Some stories are very good and some are lukewarm. Same with the narrators but they are worth the purchase. Same goes for magazines.

multiple writers

This book had great flow for multiple people writing it, I was impressed & a little surprised at the end. I hope they do more like this.

Many cooks in that kitchen making a book!

All American Murder had elements of each authors’ approach. Not sorted, not ghastly, just good mystery.

Good but lacking....

This book had the elements to become a big hit however it missed the mark. The authors developed the story line ok and it was interesting, but that's about it. It lacked intrigue and excitement and the narrator was very monotone when not presenting a character. He sounded disinterested and I had to struggle not to stop listening. The book would have been better if only one author had written it and used a different narrator.

Good story

The continuity between the authors was excellent. The differences in their storytelling from chapter to chapter was interesting. The story did not lose anything by the changes because all did their part in continuing the flow very well. The clues given during the story made the ending almost but not completely predictable. It's the almost that kept it interesting until the very end.

his feelings

good read. have a human aspect to the story. the group effort made it flow