All Aboard
Titanic Insurance Company. The name should say it all. But, like many of the passengers who boarded the famous vessel, the seducing powers of wealth and luxury are too strong. Financial wealth is the name of the game for the folks who work for Titanic in SUM OF LIFE: The Worst Kind of Lies, though the cost of the chase is often not realized until it's too late.
Ted Fisher is in sales for Titanic, part of a second-to-none team that is rewarded with a trip to Caracas for meeting their goals. Though Ted is no stranger to the deception and manipulation inherent in climbing within his profession, more sinister dealings begin to enter his purview. Ted begins shining light into the corners, and the reader is subsequently treated to subplots aplenty in the nooks and crannies he chooses to explore. We follow him down the rabbit hole to a world of illegal dealings and physical danger. The plot points mark a story path befitting all great crime fiction, populated with one of the most original casts of characters I've read in a long time.
Mr. Lamont draws his characters, warts and all, as real people everyone can relate to. The seedy industry dealings could have easily turned into a black-and-white moralist tale, but Lamont never lets the story walk that most predictable path. Instead, the reader is treated to an original story by a writer who deftly balances the hedonistic instincts of those in the grips of a greedy industry, and the mitigating qualities that make these people human. What we get are three-dimensional characters we never wholly love and never wholly hate, not unlike life.
Mr. Lamont's command of the insurance industry is obvious. The reader will come away with a greater understanding of it, too, but will never feel as though they've been force-fed. Lamont minds the need to know and avoids the perils of dumping information with great skill.
All aboard this Titanic, icebergs and all.
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Overview
Sum of Life - The Worst Kind of Lies is a heartwarming mystery of corporate
deceit, betrayal and murder. Here, where greed of the few outweighs the
needs of the many, champions arise to fight for their liberty, justice and
livelihood.