Topp Family Secrets — Michael Allen

Ernest Marshwood is on his way to a funeral. And, like everyone else attending it, he is asking himself a question â€" who will get the money, now that the old man's dead?

Ernest certainly hopes that he and his wife will end up rich. But he's in for a nasty shock.

When the will is read, Ernest discovers that, in order to get his hands on a huge fortune, he has to gain the cooperation of a young woman who can supply what he needs. So Grace Topp becomes a party to Ernest's secret scheming; and so do some other members of her family.

As the years pass, keeping those secrets becomes more and more difficult.

Set in England from the 1930s to the 1950s, this enthralling account of Grace Topp and her two sons will captivate readers of such popular writers as Rosamunde Pilcher and Jeffrey Archer.

Acclaim for Michael Allen's other books:

‘Beguiling entertainment' Kirkus Reviews.
‘Absolutely first class' The Bookseller
‘Solidly constructed' New York Times Book Review