Treacherous Obsession.

Treacherous Obsession

By Kenneth Studstill

In this story of unvarnished greed and corruption, a good man--Kevin Charles, a Florida attorney--is mystified as his professional and personal life begins to collapse soon after he is fired by his client Victoria Roberts. A very fetching woman with an innocent, yet sensuous charm, she also has a multimillion dollar case for the wrongful death of her husband. Charles knows why she terminates him as her attorney, but the destruction of his life that follows lacks any kind of rational explanation.

First, the legal bar brings a grievance against him alleging forced sex with a client. Then the state charges him with the crime of rape, and his wife files for divorce. Finally, he is excluded as one of a few attorneys slated to make a fortune in a lawsuit against big tobacco companies.

Victoria is obviously responsible for Charles' slide down the slippery slope to professional oblivion and possibly prison. But is she acting alone? Did she lie for some nefarious reason, or is she simply delusional? If she is not crazy, someone else must be involved, but who?

After investigating one dead end after another, Kevin doesn't have a clue who is really destroying his life. With little left but hope, the mystery begins to unravel from an unlikely source: The trial prosecutor tells him he smells a rat. Eventually, Victoria, disillusioned of her complicity in destroying Kevin, seeks...