Gerald Walker

Gerald Walker is a negotiator for Symvatec. He features in Nine Whispered Words.

Character Background
In his professional life, Walker is a well-paid negotiator for Syvatec, negotiating for governments and third world contracts and frequently offering kickbacks to the officials involved.

His personal life is falling to pieces. He regrets marrying his beutiful but vapid trophy wife LInda, and argues with her constantly. He is on bad terms with his three children, especially Mark, the eldest.

He has been distracting himself from his family troubles with substantial quantities of drugs, occasional prostitutes and a string of meaningless affairs. His lastest fling is Helen Shepherd, a secretary from Springer chemicals.

He nurses a secret love for his secretary, Carol Cox.

Nine Whispered Words
During the mystery Gerald Walker came to believe that the authorities were aware about the illegal bribes he was giving. SInce Carol Cox was also fleeing from the authorities having been found out as a spy, they agreed to flee the country together. They negotiated with Margaret Lewis to get them under the care of her Yakuza contacts, in exchange for trade secrets. Unbeknonst to them, Margaret already had access to the secrets due to conspiring to start a new company with Charles Buckley, so she betrayed them to the authorities. It was a close call at Tokyo airport, but Carol and Gerald managed to evade the police and escape into an uncertain future in Japan.