The Other Victim

On a night out in London, teenager Tony Neuman is stabbed in what appears to be a mugging. On a luxurious country estate, a lawyer is asked to use his criminal contacts to make some discreet inquiries into the disappearance of billionaire Fabian Digby. But when Digby's body turns up floating on the Grand union canal and police frogmen find Tony's watch in the canal, Tony's brother Phil comes under suspicion and the lawyer teams up with with a maverick police woman to find the link between the two deaths. The link is Gold a perfume made by the company that Digby acquired just before his death. But Gold is no ordinary perfume... it seems to have addictive properties... "The pace is fast, characters convince and the plot is well thought out. Kessler writes well." SUNDAY EXPRESS "Kessler merges tense courtroom scenes with an intriguing storyline to produce a very satisfying read." YORKSHIRE EVENING PRESS "Courtroom battles share the limelight with high-energy action as the story builds to a stunning climax." NORTH EASTERN GAZETTE