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The Legacy Kindle Edition

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Part mystery and part romance, The Legacy is a commentary on the legal profession as well as a vivid picture of a city that has always been divided between an elite upper class and waves of aspiring immigrants. While unraveling the puzzle of an oddly worded Last Will, Adam Chauncey and Sally Warren seek to uncover the secrets of the legacy left by an enigmatic Chicago financier. Their search for answers takes them from the elite mansions North of the city to the Latino neighborhoods of the South Side. What they discover is a dysfunctional family troubled by a strange adoption and a second family related to the deceased. As they explore one lead after another, they begin to realize the complicity of the senior partners of their law firm in a cynical cover-up. Whether or not they reveal the existence of a second, more recent will, presents them with a desperate choice.

James Gilbert

After an academic career during which he authored ten works on modern American History, (one of them a New York Times notable book), James Gilbert turned to fiction. He has now written a book of short stories and five novels, three of them a mystery series set in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

The Legacy is his sixth published work.

He has twice won awards from the annual F. Scott Fitzgerald short story contest.

Born in Chicago, he grew up in a small suburb just to the south of the city. He graduated from Carleton College in Minnesota and earned a doctoral degree in history at the University of Wisconsin. While a professor at the University of Maryland, he taught at several universities in Europe and Australia as a visiting professor. He currently resides in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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A quck, accessible read with memorable characters who use their grit and cunning to ensure that a dead man's final wishes are respected. Jeremey shaban, INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW

THE LEGACY is an engrossing legal mystery...James Gilbert is a master storyteller--onlinebookclub

Prepare to be captivated by James Gilbert's enthralling tale...THE LEGACY offers an intriguing mystery that keeps you guessing with numerous twists and turns--literary titan

"This is a marvelous novella, piercingly intelligent....An absorbing legal thriller that's both powerful and delightfully nuanced"--Kirkus Reviews

James Gilbert's latest novel, THE LEGACY, "is a riveting story that is part mystery, part romance, part social commentary--and completely addictive"--The BookTrib

The Legacy is a captivating novel that blends elements of mystery, romance, and legal drama into a thrilling page-turner.--MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CKV2VGRR
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Joshua Tree Publishing (October 9, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 9, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1317 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 188 pages

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James Gilbert was born in Chicago and moved with his parents to Flossmoor, Illinois, a small golfing suburb located on the main southern commuter rail into the city. He attended Carleton College and then the University of Wisconsin, earning a doctoral degree in American Intellectual and Cultural History. After graduation, he was hired by the University of Maryland, just outside Washington, DC, where he was appointed Distinguished University Professor in 1999. Over the course of his career, he published eleven history texts, one of them (PERFECT CITIES) was named a NEW YORK TIMES notable book of the year in 1986. Throughout his career, he has often succumbed to a love of travel made possible by teaching at a variety of universities in Europe and Australia.

While American history was his profession, literature has always been his passion, and since retiring, he has written and published five novels (three of them mysteries featuring the sleuth, Amanda Pennyworth) and a book of short stories. A sixth novel, set in Chicago, will appear shortly.

He is also a (very) amateur cellist and pianist.