Introduced in "Hostile Witness", Victor Carl is unscrupulous, unrelenting and uninhibited. In "Veritas", Victor is hired to wrap up the affairs of an heiress who committed suicide. Unfortunately, Victor suspects murder was the real cause of death. And in his search to uncover the truth, he is sent on a journey that takes him from the streets of Philadelphia to the jungles of Belize and into the secret past of one of Philadelphia's wealthiest--and most secretive--families.