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The Fourth Son

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Then there’s the so-called widow of the eldest son, the man who would have been king,

If they knew where he was.

And there’s a story to go with that; now he’s starting to shake the trees, just to see what falls out.

Our protagonist visits Edward’s fiancé, Arabella.

She was detained, in not so many words, when she was trying to leave the castle.

A preliminary investigation reveals that Edward had changed his will to leave Arabella the Paris apartment he owned and a sizable annuity several days before he disappeared.

There’s some dispute about his friendship with the skier he was supposed to be helping.

Does she know why he did that?

Are the tears and sadness real?

Was she trying to escape so that if they were meeting, they would have somewhere to live and money to live on?

She is expected to stay for the King’s funeral, and the others too.

An autopsy is carried out on the victims.