WEDNESDAY: The Will of Wisteria

Four adult children of a wealthy man wait to hear about their inheritance after his death. None of them expects to hear about it after being abducted by thugs with bags thrown over their heads. And none of them are happy with the terms of the will. Each of the self-absorbed children is challenged to give up their professional lives (or personal agendas) and do pro-bono work for a year, helping others.

Two take the challenge in order to out-do the other, each hiring a private detective to find out who is behind the whole scheme (not-so-secretly hoping it is the other sibling). One takes it at the urging of her husband so that when the year is over they can return to their lives of leisure, living off Daddy's money. And one is so certain it is all a prank that he does nothing but continue his descent into an alcohol-induced haze.

The evolution of the characters (or, in some cases, lack of evolution) is truly engaging. I especially liked that everything didn't get neatly tied up for everyone in the end, but enough was tied together to keep the reader satisfied.