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The family business [electronic resource] / Carl Weber, with Eric Pete.

Weber, Carl, 1964- (Author). Pete, Eric. (Added Author).

Summary:

By day, the Duncans are an upstanding family who run a thriving car dealership in Queens. By night, they live a dangerous secret life. L.C. Duncan, patriarch of the family, is at the age when he's starting to think about retirement in sunny Florida. But the recession is taking a bite out of the business and, worrying more, he has to decide which of his children should take over. When his workaholic son Orlando gets the nod, Orlando's siblings--including the favorite son Vegas, conniving daughter London, glamorous party girl Paris and flamboyant nightclub owner Rio--are up in arms. But so are the Zunigas, a rival family whose fragile business alliance with the Duncans may explode at any moment. When Vegas suddenly breaks away from the family, London's lawyer husband, Harris, makes a play for the company and all hell breaks loose. Selling cars, it turns out, is only a small part of the Duncans' family business. Each member of the family has a secret expertise to reveal. And now, under siege from the Mafia, Mexican drug cartels and the Zunigas, the Duncans will have to stick together--or die separately.

Electronic resources

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 online resource.
  • Publisher: Deer Park, N.Y. : Urban Books, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
First in a trilogy.
Includes discussion questions.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject:
African American families > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Family-owned business enterprises > Fiction.
Genre:
Urban fiction.
Electronic books.
Suspense fiction.

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