When his business partner, Jake Collins, is murdered, Duncan Scott, a successful financial advisor, becomes a prime suspect.
Senior Sargent, Tony Vascelli and Senior Detective, Mark Newman, have their work cut out, sifting through the evidence of a blood speared jacket, matching Jake’s DNA, and a threatening letter sent to him, just prior to his death.
Jake’s life passions were women and gambling. After a run of bad luck, his debts had rocketed to half a million dollars and Danny Brewster, the casino boss, got a little jumpy and started yelling for his money.
Scott’s son, Zac, throws away college, for life in the drugs-and-brothels fast lane. Brewster, and his associate, Mike Truscott, take the kid under their wings and prime him for a career in their seedy world. When Zac gets in over his head he turns to Julie Anderson, his father’s second, but now divorced, wife.
Vascelli and Newman get a lucky break when one of Brewster’s prostitutes is almost beaten to death. And the Director of Social Services decides to talk straight about a kid who had been placed in foster care, twenty years ago. The lawmen also discover Jake Collins was once married to the daughter of a London, business tycoon. The spotlight shines on his ex-wife when she is kidnapped and held captive.
The surprising links between two countries, and the suffering caused by selfishness and greed, weave a web of suspense, and keep the reader guessing until then end.
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