Dead Reckoning

Peter Ashton returns in his seventh fast-moving thriller, once more set in the volatile world where espionage and international politics mix explosively.The carnage in the doctor's office is appalling -- and the police think one of the dead women is Peter Ashton's wife Harriet. Ashton soon realizes that Jill Sheridan, his ambitious, malevolent and ruthless former lover, is part of the story. So is a Latvian woman who knew too much about Harriet Ashton. A computer hacker and a London private detective lead to another tantalizing strand of the mystery.

But even Ashton is astonished by the Indian connection. It is clear that the complicated trail of murder, deception and high technology is leading straight to a controversial royal visit to India. And both the IRA and the Russians seem to be helping the enemy.