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The Heirs

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The utterly addictive new YA murder mystery thriller from Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the instant New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Ace of Spades and Where Sleeping Girls Lie. Meet the Heirs Octavius the Maestro. Fola the Brain. Bilal the Olympian. Perdita the Artist. Romeo the... Read More
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The utterly addictive new YA murder mystery thriller from Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the instant New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Ace of Spades and Where Sleeping Girls Lie.

Meet the Heirs

Octavius the Maestro.
Fola the Brain.
Bilal the Olympian.
Perdita the Artist.
Romeo the Failure.

Five Prodigies
Everyone has heard of the Button heirs: the five genius children of infamous billionaire Leontes Button. Adopted and trained under the "Button Method", they've had no choice but to be brilliant.

One Dead Father
But brilliance comes at a deadly price. Because at their father's tenth annual Prodigy Ball, Leontes Button is murdered.

A Mansion Full of Suspects
As long-buried secrets come to light, one thing is clear: everyone at the ball had reason to want him dead. After all, their father was especially good at making enemies...

A rollercoaster of twists and turns with secrets, lies, murder and money, The Heirs is The Inheritance Games meets Knives Out.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835401002

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 June 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Audience: Children, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 310g

Pages: 368

About the Author

Faridah Àbíke-Íyímíde is a writer from South London who has dreamed of writing books about Black kids saving (or destroying) the world all her life. She is an avid tea drinker, a collector of strange mugs, and is currently studying English, Chinese and Anthropology in the Scottish Highlands. Faridah can be found on Twitter at @faridahlikestea, on Instagram at @faridahlikestea, and at www.faridahabikeiyimide.com where she also runs a weekly literary podcast, "The Write Type".

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