Nick Kenby's goal is to take his inheritance away from his Aunt, Mary Jamieson. When his mother on her death bed told him how his father and her sister Mary deceived her, and left her and Nick penniless.To make amends Mary organises for him to stay with her on his visit to Sydney and keep him under her control. When her maid is murdered Nick is suspected for the violent murder.'Inheritance', a story of the 1960's in Sydney. Nick struggles with the violence, intrigue, drugs, police corruption, and his fight for his survival.