Jacqueline Cottrell’s novel, Vixstory, will transport you back in time to Nelson’s Portsmouth.
A chance encounter takes a young woman into dangerous places, layers of deceit are peeled back, lives and events collide and resonate over time.
Escaping from her former life and the indignity of her marriage to a suspected terrorist, Victoria moves to the city to start a new life.
A chance encounter involves her in even further deception, including the discovery of the secret world of her closet friend.
Her quest for truth threatens lives, including her own.
She has to find her path through the smoke and mirrors of the undercover police, the intelligence services and the criminal underworld, encountering murder, violence and exploitation in the process.
As events unfold, she becomes a woman haunted by the past as she is taken back to the Portsmouth of 1805 and discovers how worlds, lives and events collide and resonate over time.
Vix’s world becomes a dangerous place as the layers of deceit are peeled away as she searches for the answers she needs.
Vixstory by Jacqueline Cottrell is published by Austin Macauley and is available online.