The Footsteps at the Lock
Автор:
Ronald A. KnoxЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2025-03-19Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
66
Description
Derek Burtell is a boorish young man with a devotion to drink and drugs, and deeply in debt. His younger cousin, Nigel Burtell, is a pompous aesthete finishing his studies in Oxford. They share a childhood without parents, and a mutual antipathy. Derek is due to inherit a family fortune from his grandfather’s estate when he turns twenty-five, but if he should die before attaining that age, Nigel becomes the beneficiary. Complicating matters is the further possibility of a legacy from their great-aunt, if they can demonstrate that their hostilities have ceased.
These are the factors leading to their decision to share a summer canoe holiday on the Thames, in spite of their animosity. As they are on the return leg of their excursion, Nigel...
