Odnoho zvychaynoho dnya Harriyet Vestavey otrymuye dyvnyy lyst, u yakomu povidomlyayetʹsya, shcho yiyi babusya podaruvala yiy shchedryy spadok. Ale Khel rozumiye, shcho stalasya pomylka: yiyi didusʹ i babusya davno pomerly, a inshykh rodychiv Khel pokhovav try roky tomu. Zaraz divchyna zhyve bidno: chytaye karty Taro i mriye nareshti rozrakhuvatysya z usima rakhunkamy. Zmuchena, u borhakh i znevirena Khelʹ vyrishuye ryzyknuty – i potraplyaye v... Trepassen, de zibralasya rodyna Vesteveyiv, shchob vshanuvaty pamʺyatʹ zahybloho ta rozdilyty spadshchynu. Odnak nezabarom Hel rozumiye, shcho tsya sim'ya prykhovuye odvichnu tayemnytsyu... Chy varto borotysya za spadok i shukaty pravdu, yakshcho vona zdayetʹsya shche strashnishoyu? nizh tviy nayhirshyy koshmar? «Smertʹ misis Vestavey» — tse atmosfernyy, zakhoplyuyuchyy i spravdi zhakhlyvyy tryler Rut Vea, Ahaty Kristi nashoho chasu.