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Plotlines where descendents and beneficiaries are sent on wild goose chases or treasure hunts, etc. Or when the will contains a riddle(s) or clues or similar. Or when what they inherit is completely unexpected. Or the terms are conditional and strange.
Also accepted are when characters are shocked to discover they've been disinherited and it turns out that the will was fradulent after finding the original will, etc.
Being an unexpected beneficiary of an unknown deceased relative usually fits better in one of these related lists:
Kids & Their Hefty Inheritances: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
So You're a Homeowner: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
This one is for all the craziness around the reading of and execution of a will / last testament.
Also accepted are when characters are shocked to discover they've been disinherited and it turns out that the will was fradulent after finding the original will, etc.
Being an unexpected beneficiary of an unknown deceased relative usually fits better in one of these related lists:
Kids & Their Hefty Inheritances: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
So You're a Homeowner: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
This one is for all the craziness around the reading of and execution of a will / last testament.
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Brook in the parlor
Authors:Jean Carew, Jane Corby, Arcadia House (Firm) (Publisher)
Summary:Travis Preston inherits a house from her eccentric uncle who planted a tree with a running brook in the parlor. However, there is a proviso that she must complete a certain strip of ceramic tiles in the parlor within two months. She and her friends become baffled when the tiles spell out childish jingles about turkeys, rabbits, and elephants
Print Book, ©1963
English
Publisher:Arcadia House, [Place of publication not identified], ©1963
Genre:
Fiction
Physical Description:
224 pages ; 20 cm
OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:
468790647
Subjects:
Amitié Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
Fiction
Friendship
Friendship Juvenile fiction
Inheritance and succession
Inheritance and succession Juvenile fiction
Juvenile works
Mystery
Mystery Juvenile fiction
Mystère Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
Successions et héritages Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
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Notes:
Jane Corby is another name used by this author