Aleema Omotoni

Knives Out for YA readers, this is a twisty, high stakes game for a life-changing inheritance brimming with chilling family secrets. Derin is a working-class student bound for Cambridge University. When her favourite professor, Alexander Darnley, and then his wife, Cornelia, unexpectedly die, all of their students attend the will reading. They are instructed to compete in a series of challenges, based on Cornelia's beloved historical novel, to win their stately home and its multi million-pound inheritance. But the Darnley's family are not happy to be missing out on their fortune and they don't plan on letting it go easily. And tensions continue to rise when on Derin's first night at Kenfield House, she receives a note reading 'There's something else going on here that the Darnley's don't want you to know.' Derin must balance the thrilling games, scheming classmates and a cute Kenfield intern, all whilst realizing that the history and secrets of Kenfield House might be soaked in blood. Who will ultimately be the heir? A thrilling, pacy race for a life-changing prize filled with family secrets and twisty reveals Perfect for fans of The Inheritance Games and Knives Out Award-winning author, Aleema Omotoni, explores the power of wealth and the difficulties of black girlhood in this thought-provoking and entertaining plot.