It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read The Opportunity by Frank E. Hopkins
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The Opportunity is a suspenseful crime novel set in the high-powered competitive environment of federal governmental contracting in Washington DC and the high-paced professional networking social life of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. The novel portrays corruption in the Federal Government contracting industry, and includes the relationship between a Federal agency, its contractors and members of Congress. Business as usual features excessive monetary gain and sexual gratification.The highly plausible plot showcases Amy Ericson's successful career transition. Amy goes from earning a paltry salary as a divorced third grade teacher to making megabucks as a marketing executive who trades sex for information to win lucrative government contracts.The novel opens on July 4, 2011 on a hot summer Saturday in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Amy's boss, Pete Taylor collapses on Rehoboth Avenue after eating and drinking to excess while attending a formal party. The remainder of the novel traces the events leading to Amy's rise in marketing and Pete's reaction to discovery and report in a Washington, DC newspaper of the political corruption he and Amy perpetrated so their company, Computer Information Networks, Inc. (CIN Inc.) would win a billion dollar information technology contract. The corruption involves exchange of confidential information for sex between the Contracting Officer and the contractor's marketing representative related to bidding on a $1 Billion government contract. The Contracting Officer's former girlfriend exposes the corruption to a newspaper reporter, who publishes a series of articles that initiate an investigation by the Federal agency and the FBI, which results in the death of the Contracting Officer and one of the contractors. The last chapter resolves Pete's fate.
The Opportunity by Frank E. Hopkins is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.
This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read The Opportunity aloud.
The Opportunity is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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