5 books like The Appeal

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The Constant Gardener John le Carré · 2000 · ★ 3.8 · 557p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Frightening, heartbreaking, and exquisitely calibrated, John le Carré's new novel opens with the gruesome murder of the young and beautiful Tessa Quayle near northern Kenya's Lake Turkana, the birthplace of mankind. Her putative African lover and traveling companion, a doctor with one of the aid agencies, has vanished from the scene of the crime. Tessa's much older husband, Justin, a career… Shares: Corporations, Corrupt practices

It's Not about the Truth Don Yaeger · 2007 · 321p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Mike Pressler walked into the bottomfloor meeting room of the Murray Building and, as he had done hundreds of times over a sixteen-year career at Duke University, prepared to address his men's lacrosse team. Forty-six players sat in theater-style chairs, all eyes riveted forward. It was 4:35 P.M. on Wednesday, April 5, 2006. The program's darkest hour had arrived in an unexpected and explosive… Shares: Corrupt practices, Trials

State Tectonics Malka Older · 2018 · 430p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The future of democracy must evolve or die. The last time Information held an election, a global network outage, two counts of sabotage by major world governments, and a devastating earthquake almost shook micro-democracy apart. Five years later, it's time to vote again, and the system that has ensured global peace for 25 years is more vulnerable than ever. Unknown enemies are attacking… Shares: Corporations, Corrupt practices

Corruption in international business Sharon Eicher · 2008 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Moderate It is common practice to assume that business practices are universally similar. Business and social attitudes to corruption, however, vary according to the wide variety of cultural norms across the countries of the world. International business involves complex, ethically challenging, and sometimes threatening, dilemmas that can involve political and personal agendas. Corruption in… Shares: Corporations, Corrupt practices

Black Water Rising Attica Locke · 2009 · ★ 3.8 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Writing in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Greg Iles, Attica Locke, a powerful new voice in American fiction, delivers a brilliant debut thriller that readers will not soon forget. Jay Porter is hardly the lawyer he set out to be. His most promising client is a low-rent call girl and he runs his fledgling law practice out of a dingy strip mall. But he's long since made peace with not living… Shares: Corporations, Corrupt practices

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