Frances Fyfield: Gold Digger (USA 2014)

From the Publisher:
From the British Gillian Flynn, a tense, twisting thriller about a young wife, a dying husband -- and the family that comes between them...

In a vast house by the sea, a wealthy man lies dying. His young wife, Di, soon to be his sole heir, awaits the arrival of her in-laws, all of them bent on claiming an inheritance.

A pair of poisonous daughters, a merciless husband, a beguiling grandson -- each has a scheme, each keeps a secret. And each has underestimated the widow Di, who is far more resourceful, and far more merciless, than the family could possibly suspect...

Humming with psychological suspense, packed with surprising twists, this high-voltage thriller is a mesmerizing game of cat and mouse.

Frances Fyfield: Gold Digger. A widow. A family. A fortune. Let the games begin. Witness Impulse / HarperCollins, ISBN 9780062305473 (July, 2014), 320 p., $13.99, eBook $6.99.

Frances Fyfield: Gold Digger (UK 2013)

From the Publisher:
The warmth of him, the glorious warmth, was fading by the minute.
In a huge old school house by the sea, full of precious paintings, Thomas Porteous is dying. His much younger wife Di holds him and mourns. She knows that soon, despite her being his sole inheritor, Thomas's relatives will descend on the collection that was the passion of both of their lives.

And descend they do. The two needy daughters, who were poisoned against their father by their defecting mother, are now poison themselves. With the help of an unlikely collection of loners and eccentrics, Di sets a trap to hoist the family members on their own greed. And on the night they are lured to the house, Di will be ready.

Or will she?

Frances Fyfield: Gold Digger. Sphere, ISBN 9780751549683 (November, 2013), 309 p., £8.99.

Frances Fyfield: Gold Digger (UK 2012)

From the Publisher:
The warmth of him, the glorious warmth, was fading by the minute.
In a huge old school house by the sea, full of precious paintings, Thomas Porteous is dying. His much younger wife Di holds him and mourns. She knows that soon, despite her being his sole inheritor, Thomas's relatives will descend on the collection that was the passion of both of their lives.

And descend they do. The two needy daughters, who were poisoned against their father by their defecting mother, are now poison themselves. The family regard Thomas's wealth as theirs by right, with the exception of young Patrick, who adored his grandfather and is torn between his parents and Di, the interloper.

The family know Di's weaknesses, and she has to learn theirs. After all, she met Thomas when she came to his house to rob him. With the help of an unlikely collection of loners and eccentrics, she sets a trap to hoist the family members on their own greed. And on the night they are lured to the house, Di will be ready.

Or will she?

Frances Fyfield: Gold Digger. Sphere, ISBN 9780751549669 (November, 2012), 309 p., Hardback £19.99, Trade £9.99 (?).