Billie Bradley and Her Inheritance free ebook

For those of us that love old classic mysteries having a kindle that you can download with endless free old ebooks online is great. One such series is the Billie Bradley Series available on the manybooks website.

Billie Bradley and Her Inheritance or The Queer Homestead at Cherry Corners was written by Janet D. Wheeler and published in 1920. This is the first book in the series and a great introduction to the characters.

In the plot Billie Bradley whilst messing around in a school classroom after school breaks an expensive statue and worries how she is going to pay to replace it. In the meantime her friends tell her that they are going away to a private boarding school the following year and Billie and her brother Chatwood are not able to follow suit as their family can't afford for them to go as their money is tied up in property investment at that time.

Billie then falls heir to an old homestead, through a deceased Auntie with the unoccupied mansion located far away in a lonely section of the country and considered haunted. The story revolves around Billie, accompanied by some of her friends visiting her inherited property, and the queer things that happen there.

A charming story, good characters, 4 of the 6 look like they would be romantically linked in the future. Made me want to start book 2 in the series right away is always a good sign. And in fact I did and found the second book starts exactly where the first ended so I would definately recommend reading them in order.

There are 9 books in this series which are:

1. Billie Bradley and Her Inheritance, 1920
2. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall, 1920
3. Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island, 1920
4. Billie Bradley and Her Classmates, 1921
5. Billie Bradley at Twin Lakes, 1922
6. Billie Bradley at Treasure Cove, 1928
7. Billie Bradley at Sun Dial Lodge, 1929
8. Billie Bradley and the School Mystery, 1930
9. Billie Bradley Winning the Trophy, 1932