THE DEED
Susannah Begbie, Hachette, $32.99
A debut novel, yet it’s as if Begbie’s been honing her skills for the last 20 years and this is the culmination of all she’s learned.
Tom Edwards dies alone. His four children weren’t far away, just emotionally on another planet. The eldest, Jenny, found him, did all the right things. She wasn’t squeamish. His wastrel son, Dave, turned up and, as usual, lifted not a finger to help. Christine, the organised one, surprised everyone by going off the rails – big time. And the youngest, Sophie, spoilt and encouraged to be a bludger, arrived with a zipped toiletries bag of little helpers; she wasn’t going to let death be a downer.
Tom’s 10,000 acres could be the answer to Dave’s $6,500,000 debt. Except he must share
