Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Executive Lunch
    Unavailable
    Executive Lunch
    Unavailable
    Executive Lunch
    Ebook345 pages5 hours

    Executive Lunch

    By Maria E. Schneider

    4/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    Sedona is given the opportunity of a lifetime: play an up-and-coming executive with all the trappings of wealth with someone else footing the bill. The catch: find out who is stealing company funds before the criminals find out that their program is being debugged.

    Sedona runs into danger, the corporate glass ceiling, and an occasional chance at romance in her quest.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMaria E. Schneider
    Release dateNov 9, 2009
    ISBN9781452401843
    Unavailable
    Executive Lunch
    Author

    Maria E. Schneider

    Maria writes cozy mysteries, fantasy, paranormal mysteries and has just completed a ghost story. Visit Maria at her blog: www.BearMountainBooks.com.

    Related to Executive Lunch

    Titles in the series (1)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Mystery For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Performance

      Nov 10, 2022

      “Wait here,” the guard said as he shut the door behind him, leaving me by myself. The floor inside the lab was polished, and the air smelled of disinfectant, and yet the room felt unclean. Leaves shook on a tree outside the window, making shadows on

      18 min read

    • Article

      Planetesimal

      Aug 15, 2022

      Planetesimal
      3 min read

    • Article

      Penny

      Jul 2, 2020

      Penny
      6 min read

    • Article

      Cricket League

      Sep 1, 2022

      First prize 10 and under Tang Li, age 9 Palmetto Bay, FL My name is Anisa. I was in Hawaii on vacation. I enjoyed sipping refreshing drinks, overlooking the turquoise ocean, and dancing with others, before I overheard that the priceless Fire Ring wa

      10 min read

    • Article

      It Happened to Me…

      Jan 5, 2022

      I too have experienced ‘The voice of authority’ [FT410:75]. When I was younger, I had a romance that lasted about six months. At first it was terrific, then it wasn’t, then it ended. Nothing drastic. Several months later, I had a day off work. I had

      7 min read

    • Article

      The Invitation

      Aug 21, 2023

      York, October 1644 Before I’ve even mustered the courage to knock, the door to the townhouse flings open. I drop my hand. “It is me, John Falmouth,” I say and wince at how loud my voice carries into the night. My greeting falters when I look up and n

      6 min read

    • Article

      Come with Me

      Dec 1, 2022

      Come with Me
      12 min read

    • Article

      Six Million Reasons

      Jul 9, 2021

      Six Million Reasons
      6 min read

    • Article

      One Word: Striking

      Jun 26, 2019

      One Word: Striking
      4 min read

    • Article

      Seedlings

      May 6, 2021

      Seedlings
      9 min read

    • Article

      Echo

      Jan 10, 2024

      Once, during a depressive episode, Stanley cut out thirteen small paper stars and taped them to the ceiling of his cluttered bedroom. They were made from the construction paper left over from his youth, stored away in a basket on a shelf in the basem

      14 min read

    • Article

      The Elephant And The Goldfish

      Aug 5, 2021

      The Elephant And The Goldfish
      8 min read

    • Article

      A Blind Heroine Rules This Audio Comic Book Written For A Blind Audience

      Aug 28, 2019

      SAN FRANCISCO - Chad Allen was feeling helpless. Not because he happened to be blind. He had a healthy handle on that part of his life. It was the insanely dark news cycle that was dragging him down. The sense that the world was falling apart and he

      5 min read

    • Article

      House Of Shadows

      Sep 1, 2020

      House Of Shadows
      4 min read

    • Article

      Never Meet YOUR HEROES?

      Apr 2, 2020

      Never Meet YOUR HEROES?
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Best Fiction of Anxiety

      Feb 20, 2019

      The Best Fiction of Anxiety
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Hanging Man

      Jun 10, 2023

      The projections on the floor were making me dizzy, but I tried concentrating on my croissant. I didn’t want the art to ruin my breakfast. I was alone among the art projections by unknown artists. The only single table among couples and families at a

      5 min read

    • Article

      Monster

      Dec 1, 2022

      Monster
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Escaped Jaguar

      May 9, 2019

      The Escaped Jaguar
      5 min read

    • Article

      You Talkin’ To Me?

      Dec 9, 2021

      You Talkin’ To Me?
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Silhouette Artist

      Jul 25, 2019

      The Silhouette Artist
      6 min read

    Reviews for Executive Lunch

    4/5

    4 ratings3 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      Sedona, the girl who takes on muggers, takes on the corporate brass. Follow her lead as she helps investigate who is stealing from Strandfrost. Easy read with lots of laughs.
    • 2/5
      Executive Lunch by Maria E. Schneider is the first book in A Sedona O’Hala Mystery series. Sedona O’Hala writes computer code and does testing at Strandfrost. She is an independent young lady who is able to take care of herself. She proves this when three men attack enter the company and attack two employees. The Strandfrost board asks her to pose as an executive (with all the trappings—i.e. clothes, car, and apartment paid for by them) to find out what the men wanted. They know that someone is stealing company funds, but they do not know all the players in the game. Sedona is reluctant to accept their offer. She is happy with current job, but she eventually agrees to help. Steve Huntington is new to the board of directors and will be her contact. Steve sets her up with his new condo, a car, and appropriate clothing. But can Sedona act the part? Will she be able to find the thieves before they discover her deception?Executive Lunch was just too silly for me. Sedona first is portrayed as an independent woman who can defeat criminals and then she is an idiotic klutz (a contradiction). I had a hard time getting into this book and found myself finally skimming in order to get through it (especially the parts about her job). The writing style made it hard to read (at least for me). This is just not my type of book. I give Executive Lunch 2 out of 5 stars. The book was just lacking for me (in details, character development, plot).I received a complimentary copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      Strandfrost is a very ordinary computer company located in a fourteen-story office building outside the downtown area of quiet Denton, Colorado--an unlikely spot for a mugging. And Sedona O'Hala leads a very quiet life in one of its testing labs, that is, until she comes to the attention of the board, after foiling an attack by three thugs. Admittedly she had attended self-defence classes, but she had never expected to have to use her skills in real life.As a result of her successful bravado, Sedona is given the opportunity of a lifetime: play an up-and-coming executive with all the trappings of wealth with someone else footing the bill. The catch: find out who is stealing company funds before the criminals find out that their program is being debugged. Sedona runs into danger, the corporate glass ceiling, and an occasional chance at romance in her quest.EXECUTIVE LUNCH struck a chord with me. Not only is it full of humour, many of you will also be aware that I work for a "computer company", and I could imagine how some of the scenarios in this story could work in the real world. It is a light read, enjoyable, but at the same time there is a puzzle to be solved, and Schneider does a pretty good job of tying off the threads.