TomBarnabyjoinstheCaustonChamberofCommercetriptoBrightonasheissuspiciousofdodgymayorHicks'plan[展开全部]
TomBarnabyjoinstheCaustonChamberofCommercetriptoBrightonasheissuspiciousofdodgymayorHicks'plantobuycoastallandonwhichtobuychalets.AlsoopposedtotheplanisLadyMatildaWilliam,whohashadthreateningletters,ashavethelocalvicar,oilypropertydeveloperHughDalgleishandhotelierJennyRussell.LadyMatildaisdescendedfromRichardofGuillaume,aruthlesscontemporaryofWilliamtheConqueror,andbelievesthathersonRichard,lastofthelineandbrain-damagedfortwentyyears,wasthevictimofancestraljealousy.InBrightonDalgleishismurderedwiththeswordstolenfromGuillaume'stombandHicksisarrestedforfraud.HavinglearnthowRichardcamebyhisaccidentBarnabyisconvincedthatRichardandnotthepropertyscamisthecauseofyetanothervictimbeingclaimedbytheswordofGuillaume.[收起部分]