THE LAST BEQUEST
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Last published Mon, Apr 6, 2026
A dying father reveals a hidden $5 million fortune to his four children, sparking a hunt that turns blood against blood. Alice, the eldest, fights to honor her father and secure the money, but greed is a faster runner. Betrayed and left with nothing but the dirt over her father's grave, Alice's grief curdles into a lethal, burning obsession. The story follows her relentless, tactical descent into the city's underworld to reclaim the fortune-not for the wealth, but to use it as a scoreboard.
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