The Legacy

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What has happened to Ingrid Beautiful Ingrid inherits a fortune and leaves Australia, and her friends, and Ralph who loves her, to marry Gil Grey and set up home amid the New York art world. There she becomes the stepmother to Gil's teenage artist daughter Fleur, a former child prodigy, and studies ancient curse scrolls at Columbia University. But at 9am on September 11, 2001, she has an appointment downtown. And is never seen again. Or is she Searching for clues about Ingrid's life a year later, her friend Julia uncovers only further layers of mystery and deception. Both an unputdownable mystery and a compelling meditation on the nature of art, truth, friendship and love.

Author Bio

Kirsten Tranter grew up in Sydney and studied at the University of Sydney. She now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Kirsten's first novel, THE LEGACY, was published to international critical acclaim in 2010. It was selected as a Kirkus Reviews Best Debut Novel of the year and was shortlisted for the ABIA Literary Fiction award, the ALS Gold Medal, the Indie Debut Fiction award, and longlisted for the Miles Franklin award. Her second novel, A COMMON LOSS, was released in 2012. Kirsten's novels have been translated into Spanish, Chinese, and Polish.