The Illustrious Prince

A passenger named Hamilton Fynes arrives by liner and soon becomes the victim of a violent and mysterious death. His murder sparks an investigation that draws in Miss Penelope Morse, Inspector Jacks, Mr. Coulson, and an enigmatic prince, entangling personal loyalties, state interests, and secret ambitions. The plot moves through social gatherings, hotel rooms, theatrical scenes, and travel between cities as clues, arrests, a prison episode, and a high-stakes race force rivals into tactical gambits. Revelations, confrontations, and appeals to duty bring the competing factions together and expose the motives behind the crime.