{"product_id":"big-pharma-big-drama-laurence-sellin-9782487394001","title":"Big Pharma, Big Drama - Managing is not a game: Detective Novel - British English Version - Paperback","description":"In September 2020, three years after The Soufflot Street case, \u003cb\u003eLauriane Emans\u003c\/b\u003e returns to Paris to take up a job as a transcriber of meetings at the French subsidiary of an American laboratory specialising in research and development in innovative health technologies. \u003cb\u003eWill she manage to fit in at the company?\u003c\/b\u003e Given her special personality, nothing is less certain! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn May 2022, \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Marshall, \u003c\/b\u003e a freelance press correspondent in Paris for American newspapers, \u003cb\u003eis shot dead in cold blood\u003c\/b\u003e as he is leaving his home in the Fourteenth District to go to the scene of a report. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn December 2023, \u003cb\u003eArnaud Wagram, \u003c\/b\u003e a disillusioned psychiatrist from Toulouse, in the South of France, \u003cb\u003edecides to unscrew his plaque\u003c\/b\u003e after just twenty years in private practice, and he takes the opportunity to tell the story of how he has come to such an extreme action. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is the link between these three stories?\u003c\/b\u003e That's what the team of the Third Judicial Police Department, in charge of investigating this mysterious case, will have to find out. \u003cb\u003eManaging errors and breaches of medical ethics are not the only surprises awaiting Yanaël Marceau, now an inspector, and his superior, Cédric Zandowski, now a commander.\u003c\/b\u003e Moreover, during their investigation, they will have to deal with \u003cb\u003ethe political pressure\u003c\/b\u003e of the French president's state visit to the United States, scheduled for December 2022, just a few months after the assassination of Benjamin Marshall, the only American citizen to be shot dead on French territory since the end of World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorking as a small team, will our two investigators manage to solve this case in time and in a way that doesn't jeopardise diplomatic relations between France and the United States? \u003cb\u003eAnd what will become of Lauriane Emans and Arnaud Wagram at the end of the story? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese are the answers you will find out by reading this second instalment of Yanaël Marceau's investigations, written from several different points of view.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEXTRACT: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMe: \u003c\/b\u003e Good morning, Madam. I need an exceptional leave on Thursday 28th January, starting at 5 p.m., which would mean leaving the office at that time instead of at 7:53 p.m. as usual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe HRM: \u003c\/b\u003e What is the reason for your request ? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMe: \u003c\/b\u003e I'm due to attend a literary prize-giving ceremony in the Sixteenth District, starting at 6 p.m. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe HRM: \u003c\/b\u003e Can't this ceremony take place without you? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMe: \u003c\/b\u003e No, not really. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe HRM: \u003c\/b\u003e Why is that? Do you think you're essential ? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMe: \u003c\/b\u003e No, I don't think so, but I have to receive one of the prizes that are to be awarded at this ceremony. If I don't go, it wouldn't reflect well on the jury who decided to award it to me. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe HRM: \u003c\/b\u003e I didn't know you were a writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMe: \u003c\/b\u003eI didn't know myself until I became one. I started this activity at a time when I wasn't yet working for the laboratory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe HRM: \u003c\/b\u003e You didn't mention it on your CV. Are you hiding it ? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMe: \u003c\/b\u003e It's not really an activity, more a hobby that I do in my spare time while other people are doing sports or cultural activities at the weekend or on holiday. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe HRM: \u003c\/b\u003e It's a bit strange that you should receive an award for an activity that you only consider to be a hobby ! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMe: \u003c\/b\u003e Very few authors make a living from their writing ! That's why I regard writing more as a hobby than a professional activity. In fact, I neither sought nor applied for this prize, but now that it's been awarded to me, I have to find a way of making myself available so that I can attend the presentation ceremony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe HRM: \u003c\/b\u003e After your absence from the secret santa, you're certainly not missing an opportunity to draw attention to yourself !\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurence Sellin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 2487394005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782487394001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Editions Polar Impulse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Laurence Sellin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850600788223,"sku":"9782487394001","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/big-pharma-big-drama-laurence-sellin-9782487394001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}