The Inheritance

by Parley J. Cooper

Beautiful Kathryn Laurant is alone in the world and sole heir to the hidden family manor. The hideous structure with it gigantic gargoyles fills her with feelings of deep apprehension.

Yet here she meets a man unlike any she has ever known whose dark good looks and chiseled features instantly attract her. Kathryn grasps this chance for love only to find that the manor is fast becoming an impregnable fortress concealing a fabulous secret and unequalled deathly terrors. Fear is now the rule--fear of everything and everyone--including the man she loves.

Genres: Gothic

317 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1972

About the author

Parley Cooper is the author of over twenty-four novels, including the bestseller Dark Desires. He also writes under the bylines Jack Mayfield, Alex Nebrensky, William Freytag, and Dorothy McKinney.

Reviews

[Adrian Griffiths · Rating 2 out of 5]

A young woman travels to a creepy mansion for the reading of her late uncle's will. She learns that she has inherited the house, much to the chagrin of the other assembled family members and hangers-on. Then it is revealed that the house contains a hidden treasure, and she realises that someone in the room might want it badly enough to do her harm.

A standard gothic tale of a heroine withstanding harassment and attempts on her life in a big house. I've read other books by this author that were a little more original but this one is mostly formulaic. The puzzle about where the treasure is hidden was not interesting, and I was able to guess how the heroine would be saved in the climactic confrontation due to some very obvious foreshadowing