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A classic inheritance scam. Based in part on the Tichborne Claimant case this is the story of the Ashby family. Of Patrick who died by suicide when he was 13, of his younger twin brother who then stood to inherit the estate at the age of 21, and of Patrick’s return just days before that event. The main difference from most books of this type is that we know from the very beginning that Patrick is a fraud, coached to perfection by someone well known to the Ashby’s. But how is Simon so convinced t
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