TomBarnabyjoinstheCaustonChamberofCommercetriptoBrightonasheissuspiciousofdodgymayorHicks'plantobuycoastallandonwhichtobuychalets.AlsoopposedtotheplanisLadyMatildaWilliam,whohashadthreateningletters,ashavethelocalvicar,oilypropertydeveloperHughDalgleishandhotelierJennyRussell.LadyMatildaisdescendedfromRichardofGuillaume,aruthlesscontemporaryofWilliamtheConqueror,andbelievesthathersonRichard,lastofthelineandbrain-damagedfortwentyyears,wasthevictimofancestraljealousy.InBrightonDalgleishismurderedwiththeswordstolenfromGuillaume'stombandHicksisarrestedforfraud.HavinglearnthowRichardcamebyhisaccidentBarnabyisconvincedthatRichardandnotthepropertyscamisthecauseofyetanothervictimbeingclaimedbytheswordofGuillaumeddd
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