Risks and Rewards

About the Book

An Englishman dies in a car bomb explosion in Holland. A professional
assassination with no chance that the killers will be caught. The Dutch
investigators cannot fi nd a motive for the killing of Simon Craig and pass the
files to the British police.

Newly promoted Chief Inspector Randall is given the task of investigating
Simon Craig’s background, family, and friends. He quickly discovers that
Craig was a conceited and ruthless womanizer living a multidimensional life
and making himself very rich at the expense of his employers.

Randall deduces that Craig was also blackmailing his bosses. The evidence
Craig was threatening them with showed the workings of The Club—an
illegal cartel. Craig had sent the proof to his solicitor in Penzance for
safekeeping. When Randall visited Susan Robson, she claimed it had
been destroyed in a fire.

Randall suspends the investigation just as Robson and a friend decide to
publish Craig’s documents and expose widespread corruption in business and
an EU department responsible for competition law compliance.
Two more people die before Robson and her friend can be stopped. No one
in authority wants the story to break.

About the Author

Duncan Pell’s career in the steel industry spanned nearly forty years.
During that time, he lived and worked in the UK, Netherlands, France, Ukraine,
and the United Arab Emirates. He has travelled on business to many countries
throughout the world selling steel products and developing sales networks.
He is a frequent speaker at conferences and a well-known fi gure in industry
circles. He lives in Ras Al Khaimah, near Dubai, and is now an independent
management consultant, writing in his spare time.