Deborah is a successful crime writer whose life is upended by her sister Gail’s suicide. She receives an unexpected inheritance – taking her back to South Africa, where she confronts long-buried family secrets, political corruption, and the complexities of memory and forgiveness. Building on a distinguished career that includes the Orange Prize-shortlisted Ice Road and the bestselling memoir Every Secret Thing, Gillian Slovo brings her signature blend of psychological acuity and political awareness to Inheritance . Readers are invited into a richly layered narrative that not only unravels the mysteries of a fractured family, but also probes the wider consequences of historical injustice and personal repression. Moving between London and a country still negotiating the legacy of apartheid, this is a gripping and psychologically rich novel about memory, inheritance, and the moral weight carried from one generation to the next. “Smart, propulsive, thoroughly gripping – a thriller with real emotional heft. What starts as an intimate family drama expands into a tale of corruption and complicity, but never loses its careful attention to the complications of human relationships.” Kamila Shamsie

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