Inheritance

Arthur Ledbetter was five when his parents died in an accident, leaving him to be raised by Florence Wright in a remote village. Artand Flo constantly argued over his laziness, untidiness, reading habits, andattitude. Bored with isolation, he eventually hatched a foolish plan to killFlo, inherit her assets, and marry her niece, Sophie.

Arthur Ledbetter was five when his parents skied off a cliffin Verbier. Florence Wright, a farmer's daughter, adopted him, and they livedin a cottage in a remote village in Cumbria. As Arthur (Art) grew up, he was inconstant disagreement with Florence (Flo) about all manner of things, butespecially his attitude toward her, his laziness, the food he was fed, hisuntidiness, and the books and magazines he read. Their personalities were atopposite ends of the spectrum. Bored with living in such a remote location, he keeps adiary of daily tedium. One day, he decides to kill Flo, inherit her assets, andmarry her niece, Sophie. Art shares his frustration and his plans for murderwith his best friend Charlie, who gets roped into being his accomplice. Sometime later, after several unsuccessful, naive, and comedic attempts to killFlo, Art goes on to inherit not one, but three estates, making him a wealthyman. On vacation in Cornwall, Art meets Ella, an American womanwho was unwittingly involved in money laundering in the US and was fleeing theUS judicial system. She has control over $100 million in a Swiss bankaccount. They fall in love, and after much soul-searching, Art agrees to marryElla, escaping the country to live in a haven where extradition treaties arenot recognised. Their mission to invest the $100 million in charitable projectsaround the world as Ella attempts to clear her name.