''The Schirmer Inheritance'' is a 1953 novel by

Eric Ambler Eric Clifford Ambler OBE (28 June 1909 – 22 October 1998) was an English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels, who introduced a new realism to the genre. Also working as a screenwriter, Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books ...

. It was adapted for television in 1957 by ITV.

Plot

George Carey is a former WWII bomber pilot and recently qualified lawyer. In 1951 or 1952, Carey is tasked with going through the Schneider Johnson files, to check that nothing has been overlooked in the search for the heir to the Schirmer fortune.

References

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