Victoria Westlake is the unhappy murder victim, and for much of The Final Nail it looks from the outside, if not to Castle, as if this is but the natural culmination of a mercenary, calculated marriage, into which she was duped by Damian Westlake. However, events will exonerate Damian, of this crime, with Victoria actually being murdered by her 'best friend' Amber Patinelli to prevent Victoria returning to her ex-husband, Simon Campbell, whom Amber was in love with.