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    The Codicil
    The Codicil
    The Codicil
    Audiobook13 hours

    The Codicil

    Written by Tom Topor

    Narrated by Dale Hull

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Telcommunications magnate Matthew Marshall is dead from a stroke; his wife and three children are stunned to learn that half of his $105 million estate has been bequeathed in a codicil to his will to a child they never knew existed, the product of an affair years before during Marshall's service in Vietnam.

    The estate hires Adam Bruno, an ex-lawyer, street-smart son of a bookie, to find out if this child is still alive. Bruno knows how to negotiate New York's minefields of class, identity, and politics but is thwarted at every turn by the convoluted legacy of Matthew Marshall, whose closely held secrets constitute a nearly rock-solid façade. Bruno's job suddenly becomes more dangerous when old secrets surface and the heirs get desperate.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 17, 2008
    ISBN9781423358251
    The Codicil
    Author

    Tom Topor

    Tom Topor is a journalist, playwright and screenwriter. His credits include The Accused, for which Jodie Foster won an Oscar, and the Broadway play Nuts, which was made into a movie by Barbra Streisand.

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    • 4/5
      Matt Marshall made millions after serving in Vietnam. He died suddenly at age fifty-one. Shortly before his death, he changed his will so that half of his $105 million dollar estate will go to a daughter he fathered in Vietnam. He had never met this daughter, although he tried. He sets up a condition that the daughter be alive and living in the United States.Private Investigator, Adam Bruno, son of a bookie, is hired to find the woman. However, since Marshall's family stands to lose half of their estate they not only are not helpful but do what they can to make his investigation fail.Although Matt's friends from the war were hesitant to talk about their time in Vietnam, Adam is persuasive and finally interviews the survivors. When he gets a lead that looks promising, that person is killed. Adam continues his search while holding off the family and the family lawyers who claim that he is not doing his job and should be replaced.A touching story that was well done. Bruno is a likable character and easy to sympathise with. The woman he gets to translate letters written in Vietnamese, Nicole Maldonado was a wonderful character.The conclusion was particularly well done and is a scene that should be filmed.