The Venturi effect

Can a suspended criminal attorney go up against a powerful prosecutor who wants to take down a man indicted for tax fraud and money laundering and more? Living on a boast, working as carny, Devlin Winters just wants to live a peaceful life until Nils Bryson along with his 9-year-old nephew Grant changes it all. His ex-wife might hold the documents to get him out of jail only if he gives her Grant. Blackmail, silent threats and a nine-year-old child as the pawn or the prize. He has no idea about his mother and his uncle must deal with the lawyers as the author allows us to know that the prosecutor has a past relationship with the client’s ex-wife.

Battles are fought but Xavier Charles has his own way of preparing for trial and with the hero of agent Carter why seems dependable and trying to be though is helping to delve into Viggio Bryson’s life and has even managed to get hold of his taped phone conversations in prison. But when talking to his own mother and she reveals a call she was told to relay to him, we learn about a major conflict that if leaked would change it all for him. Charles meets with agent Carter and silently criticized her movements, her attitude, attire and dislikes her enthusiasm. She is delving into every aspect of Nils’s businesses and the company he owns. She trying to find out more about his financial standing and how he managed to filter clients in Monique’s business to help the environment.

Events take on different turns when both the prosecutor and the defense decide to take a trip to St. Kitts to find Monique. Exactly what is her company and just how does Viggio come into play in it? Is he sending her clients and just what does he gain? Threats are on the table and she wants custody of Grant and if burying him in prison does it do be it according to her. Devlin meets her too even though she is signed an immunity agreement with Xavier and Agent Carter. A meeting that is quite interesting and yet more than frustrating for Devlin as the prosecutor has filed an indictment against Nils as part of the fraud aimed at his brother. The pawn in the middle is Grant.

As Carter and Charles develop a more personal relationship will that cloud her judgement processing information about the case and how to proceed. Devlin realizes that Monique is going to side with the government and related that to the defense attorney. But remaining in St. Kitts she wants to learn more about SK and N plus Monique and Viggio.

A trial that would be memorable and a witness that would change the direction of the outcome. SK and N is the company in question and supposedly they provided tax shelters or money laundering. The company spends a couple of grand a year here and there and gets local press but never really does anything related to diving and marine conservation.

The one witness for the prosecution decided to turn it

around and stated that that she fabricated return of premium rides and misappropriation of Blue Tide Funds to pay her investors in SK and N . Within chestier 37 the author details the exact way this was done and the truth behind Blue Tide.

Using her experience as a criminal defense lawyer and through Devlin the author creates dramatic courtroom scenes right out of Law and Order. The verdict and results will shock readers and where this takes both defendants you will not believe but is it truly over?

There is much more in store for Devlin , Nils,Xavier and the rest of the cast when she pens the cult of Mammon the sequel. Devlin is an interesting character and the Bryson brothers’ opposites in many ways but watch out Xavier Charles is not one to take for granted.

A story that could be ripped right out of the headlines as author Sage Webb takes us deep inside the minds of each character as we hear their innermost thoughts, their rationale and thinking hoping that both sides will present a justifiable case to get on the positive side of the jury.

Some trials are typical and yet this one is not. The venue is odd, the fact that Nils deals in selling yachts and his brother sent him money to help him along as a bonus for getting him clients. An ex-wife that us cunning and manipulative and each side hiding a secret that could take them down. But the final deception and deceit comes out when the trial is about to be over and one person surprises the judge, jury and both the prosecution and the defense. Are they ever going to be in the clear? Will Xavier continue to go after them? Watch for the next installment called The Cult of Mammon to learn more.

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