The Thornthwaite Inheritanceby Gareth P. JonesI can't remember where I first saw this book. I do know that Jenny at Wondrous Reads reviewed it over the summer. But I don't think that's the first place I saw it. Maybe it was, who knows. Either way, I knew I had to get it. And of course it was ONLY out in the UK so that's where my new BFF The Book Depository came in.This book arrived in December and it's been another book that has sat on my TBR shelf waiting to be read. For some reason I got the urge to pick it up this weekend right after I had finished The Sugar Queen. I read it cover-to-cover before I went to bed. It was that fun!Even though this book is set in modern day - a fact I didn't realize until one of the twins looked at her parents' gravestones and it said they died in 1996, I found this book to fit in very well with a gothic, victorian theme. I honestly thought this story took place in the early 1900's! And that was the point of the story. The twins Ovid and Lorelli live in a house of gloom since their parents passed away. Only 40 watt light bulbs allowed. No TV, no computer (ok, so that should have perhaps clued me into the fact that this wasn't 1900), no upbeat music.The twins have been trying to kill each other ever since they could remember. On their thirteenth birthday they make a truce so that when they turn 16 and come into their inheritance and one of them dies, the other forfeits the inheritance.Each chapter was spooky and suspenseful and very, very funny. You couldn't trust anyone in this book. Each chapter spoke about a different character and that character was suddenly very suspect. Who was trying to kill the twins if they weren't trying to kill each other for once? Who killed their father? Their mother? Their cook's husband? So many deaths and all sorts of spooky things related to the Thornthwaite's.I will admit I had no idea who the actual bad guy was, everyone seemed to be in on it. And I had to read until the end just to satisfy my curiosity! The book was so much fun to read. I read for the mystery and for the humour and for the twins. I think I should like to read other books by Gareth P. Jones as he seems to have a brilliant sense of humour.Why does the UK get all the awesome books? Thank you Book Depository for your free international shipping so I can partake in the awesome UK literature. You'd think as part of the Commonwealth us Canadians would have easy access to these books, but alas no! Seems unfair!