The Legacy: A Novel

by Katherine Webb

Overview

“A brilliant and absorbing drama.”
—Good Housekeeping (UK)

A fresh and exciting new voice in contemporary fiction, Katherine Webb debuts with a haunting novel about a secret family history. Already a sensation in the United Kingdom, Webb’s The Legacy is a treat for every fan of upmarket women’s fiction and literary suspense in the vein of bestselling authors Kate Morton, Sarah Waters, and Diane Setterfield. Taut, affecting, and surprising—a story that ranges from present-day England back to the American West in the early twentieth century—The Legacy embroils two sisters in an investigation into the strange, never solved disappearance of their cousin, a dark mystery that opened deep family wounds that never healed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062077301
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/30/2011
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Katherine Webb grew up in rural Hampshire, England. She has lived in London and Venice, and she currently resides in Berkshire, England. Having worked as a wait-ress, au pair, personal assistant, potter, bookbinder, library assistant, and housekeeper at a manor house, she now writes full-time.

What People are Saying About This

M. L. Malcolm

“Webb winds her way through three generations of women by following the path of grief created by a broken heart, crafting characters you care about and a story you won’t soon forget: poignant and completely engrossing.”

Editorial Reviews

Stunning, unforgettable....Webb’s skillful, urgent writing is impossible to put down and more impossible to forget.” — Booklist (starred review) on The Legacy

“An intelligent and addictively readable novel.” — Historical Novels Review on The Legacy

“Webb winds her way through three generations of women by following the path of grief created by a broken heart, crafting characters you care about and a story you won’t soon forget: poignant and completely engrossing.” — M. L. Malcolm, author of Heart of Deception

“This is a great yarn, spanning generations, with neat twists and a surprising ending.” — Prima magazine (UK)

“‘Has it all—mystery, intrigue, history and a great big old house.” — Radio Times (UK)

“A haunting novel of betrayal.” — Woman and Home (UK)

“A brilliant and absorbing drama.” — Good Housekeeping (UK)

From the Publisher

A brilliant and absorbing drama.

Good Housekeeping (UK)

A haunting novel of betrayal.

Woman and Home (UK)

Stunning, unforgettable....Webb’s skillful, urgent writing is impossible to put down and more impossible to forget.

Booklist (starred review) on The Legacy

An intelligent and addictively readable novel.

Historical Novels Review on The Legacy

This is a great yarn, spanning generations, with neat twists and a surprising ending.

Prima magazine (UK)

Webb winds her way through three generations of women by following the path of grief created by a broken heart, crafting characters you care about and a story you won’t soon forget: poignant and completely engrossing.

M. L. Malcolm

‘Has it all—mystery, intrigue, history and a great big old house.

Radio Times (UK)

"This is a great yarn, spanning generations, with neat twists and a surprising ending."

(UK) - Prima Magazine

An intelligent and addictively readable novel.

Historical Novels Review on The Legacy

Stunning, unforgettable....Webb’s skillful, urgent writing is impossible to put down and more impossible to forget.

Booklist (starred review) on The Legacy