The Heiress

Author: Rachel Hawkins

Genre: Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Headline

Date Published: 2024

Book Length: 305

Star Rating: 4**** I liked it a lot and recommend

About Book: With the death of his adopted mother, Camden McTavish hopes that he can finally be free of his scandalous family. Ruby McTavish was North Carolina's richest woman, and its most notorious: the victim of a famous childhood kidnapping and a widow four times over .Camden settles into a normal life and marries Jules, a woman eager to escape her own messy past. It seems like history might just stay buried...But ten years later, his uncle's death pulls Cam and Jules back into the family fold as sinister questions about the infamous heiress begin to come to light. What truth lies behind Ruby's disappearance as a child?

What really happened to those four husbands, all dead in mysterious circumstances?

Why did Ruby adopt Cam in the first place?

Soon, Jules and Cam will realise that the bonds of family stretch far beyond the grave...

My Thoughts: The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins starts by setting the scene, the book is about a rich woman who leaves her adopted son everything and leaves nothing to anyone else. The book is told from three points of view with snippets from the paper intertwined. I did find the book slow to start with and even wondered where it was going but his was just a mnor flaw for me as the book did have me on the edge of seat.

The book does pick up and the two main protagonists, Cam and Jules look deeper into the mysteries that surround Cam’s mother and Hawkins kept me guessing  until the very end with twists and turns that were surprising.

The characters are well developed with buried secrets on both sides that kept me guessing again which created a sense of atmosphere and intrigue.

In conclusion The Heiress was a goof read and perfect for those of you that love a good suspense and mystery book that will keep you guessing right up until the very end.