The Chairman : Stephen Frey Paperback 2005

Cutthroat competition takes on an unfortunately literal meaning in this thriller of corporate skullduggery, the first of a new series. It begins as Christian Gillette, newly dubbed chairman of Everest Capital, leaves his predecessor's funeral and prepares to enter his limousine: before he does so, someone blows up the car. As the ruthless Gillette works to expand his private equity firm and defeat his rivals from within and without, he must also determine who wishes him dead and why.