Incentivize

by Tom Spears, Eric Dalen (Editor)

Overview

There’s something rotten going on at EthioCupro, a mining subsidiary of materials and energy conglomerate Matrix Corporation. "Something" might include: Fraud, blackmail, illegal sales of sensitive materials, perhaps even a cover-up. And now, murder too?

Matrix auditor Julia McCoy immediately realizes something is amiss when she makes a visit to the Ethiopian mine site, but exactly what, she can’t completely sort out. When she confronts EthioCupro President, Rich Copeland, she’s aggressive enough to scare him. In response, Copeland arranges for her abduction and subsequent murder – all intended to look like an accident. But his agents, who are operating far outside his span of control, decide McCoy can be more profitably delivered to a third party.

When a ransom demand hits Matrix, company attorney Randy Esteban pushes senior management to pay up, while also following up on a cryptic email McCoy sent to him shortly before her disappearance. What starts as an investigation soon becomes an obsession, taking Esteban himself to Ethiopia to spearhead the efforts to find McCoy.

Incentivize was inspired by some of my personal experiences during twenty plus years in senior management of large international corporations. The setting in the Horn of Africa is a region I know well from visits for business, humanitarian aid, and to adopt three children. It a suspenseful story surrounding wrongdoings by individual managers, and a desire by Matrix Corporation employees to cover up what is likely to become an embarrassment or worse. There are many unexpected twists to discover as the story progresses, as well as love, humor, exotic locations, and a surprise ending.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014513418
Publisher:	Tom Spears
Publication date:	03/27/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	372
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Tom Spears earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Engineering from Purdue University, and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University. He spent twenty-seven years working for four U.S. based public Corporations. During fifteen of those years he held a title of President or Group President. Tom retired from his last Group President position in 2010 to pursue his interest in writing fiction. He still consults occasionally, having expertise in manufacturing, engineering, pricing, strategy and corporate politics. Tom lives with his wife and six children in Ashland, Nebraska, three of whom are adopted from Ethiopia.