●When an eminent art historian is found dead in his study, all the evidence points to his son, Stephen. He was the last person seen with his father, his fingerprints are on the murder weapon, and he was about to be disinherited in his father’s will. Stephen's guilt seems undeniable. But as Inspector Trave of the Oxford Police uncovers the stories of the five other people who were also in the house—along with the revelation that the deceased man was involved in a deadly hunt for a priceless relic at the end of World War II—he feels the case begin to unravel. As Stephen’s trial unfolds at the Old Bailey, Trave travels to France to find out what really happened in 1944, and the race is on to save Stephen from the gallows. ●本書作者Simon Tolkien是《魔戒》作者J. R. R. 托爾金之孫。在這部《罪惡繼承人》中，他純熟結合了克莉絲蒂的莊園推理、E. S. 賈德納的法庭辯論，以及丹．布朗的歷史驚悚主題，巧妙地將心理懸疑和家族恩怨編織成一部充滿回憶、背叛與過往幢幢黑影的推理傑作。 ●一樁逆倫慘案，意外揭開塵封多年的欺騙與背叛。繼承這筆染血的遺產，又將付出什麼樣的代價？