"masterful psychological suspense"
He is a junior lawyer at Madison & Vane, a very prominent
English firm, helping one of the senior attorneys working
on a brief that would advise UKI on the refinancing of two
of its subsidiaries through U.S. investors. Lewis Penn is
a very methodical, by the book lawyer who is successful
because he doesn't make mistakes. At the meeting, he makes
a very good impression but he makes what will ultimately
prove to be a fatal error when he walks out without taking
the file. Instead of admitting his blunder, he sneaks back into the
meeting room and takes the file and makes a copy to be sent
to his counterpart in the United States. When he gets a
chance to look at the file, he realizes it is the wrong
one. It contains criminal information that the client
would never give away and when they learn of the error they
make it plain to Lewis that he must return the file or
suffer the very real consequences. THE IMMORTAL PART is the story of a decent man who makes
the wrong decision to keep from getting into trouble with
his company. One small error in judgment plunges him into
a whirlpool leading to additional poor indiscretions and
the comission of some criminal acts. The protagonist
learns too late that every action has its consequences that
often can't be fixed or changed. Christopher Wakling has
written a masterful work of psychological suspense. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted March 15, 2003
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