{"id":105362,"date":"2020-09-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/product\/the-inheritance-games\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:19:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:19:26","slug":"the-inheritance-games","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241476178","title":{"rendered":"The inheritance games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;A MASTER OF PUZZLES AND PLOT TWISTS&#8217; E. Lockhart, author of <i>We Were Liars<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p> <b>The addictive and twisty thriller, full of dark family secrets and deadly stakes that&#8217;s &#8216;impossible to put down&#8217; (<i>Buzzfeed<\/i>). Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>A BILLION-DOLLAR FORTUNE TO DIE FOR. <\/b><br \/>Avery has a plan: keep her head down, work hard for a better future. Then an eccentric billionaire dies, leaving her almost his entire fortune. And no one, least of all Avery, knows why.<\/p>\n<p><b>A DEADLY GAME. <\/b><br \/>Now she must move into the mansion she&#8217;s inherited.<br \/>It&#8217;s filled with secrets and codes, and the old man&#8217;s surviving relatives &#8211;<br \/>a family hell-bent on discovering why Avery got &#8216;their&#8217; money.<\/p>\n<p><b>WINNER TAKES ALL. <\/b><br \/>Soon she is caught in a deadly game that everyone in this strange family is playing.<br \/>But just how far will they go to keep their fortune?<\/p>\n<p><b>**<i>Avery&#8217;s story continues in <\/i>The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit <i>and <\/i>The Brothers Hawthorne**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She came from nothing. They had everything. How far will they go to keep their fortune? Avery only has one plan: keep her head down, win a scholarship and work for a better future. 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