Something in the Offing |
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Author:
| Ezuma, Ikenna |
ISBN: | 978-1-4565-4924-4 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2011 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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Monica Chikwe enters the banking industry, diligently blazing her way to the top. The she meets Ralph Ginika, the business magnate with an appetite for investment. She introduces Ralph to a colleague, who was hoping to acquire an ailing bank but hadn "t enough capital. This same colleague has been swooning over Monica, asking her to marry him. Later the colleague discovers Monica prefers the partner she had introduced to him to buy the bank, which was now thriving, and a terrible...
More DescriptionMonica Chikwe enters the banking industry, diligently blazing her way to the top. The she meets Ralph Ginika, the business magnate with an appetite for investment. She introduces Ralph to a colleague, who was hoping to acquire an ailing bank but hadn "t enough capital. This same colleague has been swooning over Monica, asking her to marry him. Later the colleague discovers Monica prefers the partner she had introduced to him to buy the bank, which was now thriving, and a terrible undercurrent of passionate hatred and rivalry ensued Dr Mena Ginika is an intelligent, stunningly beautiful lady whose heart has been severely bruised when she was in the university, such that she turns cold towards men but is passionate about business. She joins her mother to pilot the affairs of the family "s conglomerate, and become an obstacle in the way of Damijo Williams; an obstacle the now ruthless Damijo must remove if he is to achieve his aim Ala Nengi encounters Mena Ginika in an exclusive restaurant and a friendship begins, though he soon realizes that she is far more than what he bargained for, and much more than he expected. Together with Mena "s bosom friend, Dakore Lucas, they begin a fierce struggle with enemies unknown threatening to destroy their dear one Something In The Offing is a crime fiction that tells a compelling story of love, passion, betrayal, resentment and an intriguing power-play. In this pulsating fiction, a refusal to a passionate love appeal turns into a seething hatred, which spans from one generation into the n e x t i n w h i c h t h e f i n a l s c o r e s mu s t b e k n o w n .Set within the Nigerian finance industry between the post-colonial era of the early seventies and the present day 21st century, Something In The Offing brilliantly combines a superb, endearing characterization to tell a fascinating, suspense-filled story that is sure todelight its reader endlessly!