The Schirmer Inheritance
First edition
AuthorEric Ambler
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHeinemann
Publication date
1953
Media typePrint
OCLC001026701
Preceded byJudgment on Deltchev 
Followed byThe Night-Comers 

The Schirmer Inheritance is a 1953 novel by Eric Ambler.[1] It was adapted for television in 1957 by ITV.[2]

Plot

George Carey is a former WWII bomber pilot and recently qualified lawyer. In 1951 or 1952,[3] 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

  1. Lewis, C. Day (26 July 1953). "With a Flair for Creating Alarm; THE SCHIRMER INHERITANCE. By Eric Ambler. 246 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $3". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. Burton, Alan (31 January 2018). Looking-Glass Wars: Spies on British Screens since 1960. Vernon Press. ISBN 978-1-62273-290-6.
  3. Wolfe, Peter (1993). Alarms and epitaphs : the art of Eric Ambler. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p. 89. ISBN 0879726032.
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