The closest relative

London, 1936. Hitler's rise terrifies the old continent, but it is King Edward VIII's love affair that dominates conversations from taverns to the most exclusive aristocratic circles. While the King contemplates abdicating the throne for love of a married woman, Owen Montignac awaits his uncle's inheritance to pay off his enormous gambling debt. When the money is bequeathed to his cousin Stella, Owen is forced to devise a Machiavellian plan to get the money, save his social standing, and finally rid himself of the moneylenders. Amidst a political crisis, Owen survives through shrewdness and imagination, but it is his willingness to kill that will dictate his future.