The house was free. Surviving it might cost everything.

A dream home. A fresh start. A nightmare waiting inside?

Kate and Patrick are struggling through life. After living on one wage since the birth of their son, Riley, Patrick is suddenly unemployed.

Bouncing from one bad interview to the next, the family are offered a lifeline when Kate receives a phone call. She has inherited a house on the northeast coast from her late aunt.

A beautiful Victorian townhouse. A new beginning.

Excited for the change, the family move hundreds of miles from their Beaconsfield home to the northeast coast. The house needs a lot of work, but that doesn't deter Kate. She is determined to make it work for them.

But from the first night, Kate notices something isn't right. Things are moved or go missing. Objects vanish... then reappear. At first Kate tells herself it's stress. The disarray of the move. Her young son.

Until night falls and she hears footsteps upstairs.

Terrified, Kate becomes convinced there is someone in the house. Upon searching, the house is empty. All the doors and windows are secure.

Night after night Kate hears these noises...and then she starts to receive messages.

Is someone really in the house, could it be haunted, or is she losing her sanity?

A pulse-quickening psychological thriller for fans of Sarah Pinborough and Catriona Ward, The Inheritance is the kind of book you'll start at bedtime and finish in a single, sleepless night.