The Reluctant Heir — Lee Anderson

Twenty-two years is a long time to look for someone, but Amanda Duncan's boss, Professor Neal Sinclair, had no intention of abandoning the search for his long-lost grandson. In fact, he's offered two men--one of whom could be the missing grandchild--then thousand dollars each to spend a month with him on his estate. Amanda is somewhat skeptical that either Jack of Scotty is the real thing: For that amount of money, who wouldn't want to be Neal's heir? But she agrees to help find out what she can.

Sure enough, true to Amanda's worst suspicions, as soon as the two men arrive on the property, fishy things start to happen: The brake-line is cut on Neal's car, and Amanda herself is shot on the way to her own home. Someone is trying to manipulate their potential inheritance, and if they succeed, Neal's quest for--and Amanda's surprising discovery of--"the real thing" could reach and untimely and bitter conclusion...