The Other Family

An intriguing and timely novel about inheritance, and what happens in a tangled family when someone dies.

Richie had been a celebrated musician, wealthy, popular, and adored by Chrissie and their three daughters. But when he dies, without warning, Chrissie has to deal not only with her grief but with the knowledge that her beloved Richie had another family, one which he had deserted many years before but which now needs to be involved. And their involvement extends not only to the immediate aftermath of a sudden death, but to the longer-term and much more difficult issue - who will inherit his legacy?

Chrissie and her girls, comfortably off in London, or Margaret, the deserted wife, living in the North East with Richie's only son?