""The Howland Heirs"" is a novel by William M. Emery that tells the story of a wealthy family and the inheritance of a trust. The Howland family has amassed a great fortune over the years, but when the patriarch dies, his will stipulates that the family must pass a series of tests in order to inherit the trust. The tests are designed to determine which members of the family are truly worthy of the inheritance and which are not. As the family members...