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A Family Divided: A Corporate Espionage Legal Thriller Kindle Edition

by Tom Berreman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
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A millionaire entrepreneur’s suspicious, near fatal car accident pitches a family divided by conflicting values into a battle with an unethical corporate competitor over who controls an innovative product developed by his company. But retaliation by the losers may destroy the company for all.

Curt Jennings, a self-made millionaire, and Laura, his wife of three months, are critically injured when his new Ferrari’s brakes fail causing them to plunge off the Pacific Coast Highway. Who should be removed first from life support creates a complex legal case over who inherits control of Jennco, his successful technology company. Attorney Jason Burke takes the case at the request of Allison Dahlstrom, Laura’s sister and Burke’s former lover.

As Jennings’ family is distracted by his children’s divergent individual values, his new wife and stepson, and ambiguity in his will who he intended as beneficiaries, Jennco’s management is in disarray. Louis Hartwig, the unethical, narcissistic CEO of a competitor, concerned Jennco threatens his company’s market dominance, schemes to acquire Jennco’s proprietary, innovative technology from a company struggling without its visionary leader. And he will take whatever actions necessary to succeed, whether ethical and legal, or not.

As the legal conflict over who inherits control of Jennco works its way through the courts, winners and losers begin to emerge. And perceived failure of unwarranted entitlement causes some to take actions adverse to all.

Actions with deadly consequences that could bankrupt the company Curt Jennings built from the ground up.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B082BJ4C39
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 3, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4175 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 39 ratings

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Tom Berreman

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After spending countless hours in cubicles, offices and conference rooms over the last thirty plus years Tom purchased a small house near the water in Panama City Beach, Florida and shifted his focus to his passion for writing thriller and suspense novels.

Tom was born and raised in the twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. When he was young he was moved by a quote from Mark Twain, and it soon became his mantra:

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed

by the things that you didn’t do than the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the wind in your sails. Explore, dream, discover.”

At 18 he paid $300 for an old International Harvester Metro Delivery van, installed bunks and a heater and lived in it for a winter ski bumming in the Rockies. He spent another winter as a lift operator in Vail, Colorado, a third ski bumming in a slightly newer Dodge van and his summers sailing Minnesota lakes on his Hobie Cat catamaran, all before turning 22. He squeezed in some college coursework at the University of Minnesota as his schedule permitted, driving school bus and tending bar to support himself. But when his mother learned he was a fourth year freshman he succumbed to her “subtle” pressure, set aside his wanderlust and focused on his studies.

Tom earned a BSB in Accounting and an MBA in Finance from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Following graduation, he joined the audit staff of an international public accounting firm and was awarded his Certified Public Accountant certificate. After seven years in accounting and finance he entered law school in a part-time, evening program while continuing his professional career, earning his JD, magna cum laude, from William Mitchell College of Law in Saint Paul. He spent the next twenty five years in private practice and as corporate counsel for a national Minneapolis bank.

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3.9 out of 5 stars
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Todd
5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting - highly recommend.
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2020
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Great character development and action packed. Great read! Best of his novels yet.
Looking forward to his next book already!
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Kenneth Cameron
5.0 out of 5 stars great read
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2020
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make time to read this book!
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Ingdur
1.0 out of 5 stars cussing
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2020
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Why do writers think a lot of cussing will make their book better ? I closed it right there
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Lorraine Garant
4.0 out of 5 stars Good legal thriller
Reviewed in Canada on April 17, 2020
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I enjoyed reading this legal thriller. The storyline was well thought out with good solid characters. A real page turning novel that definitely keeps your interest. Worth the read.
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