When Shelby Matthews arrives at work and finds his colleague and best friend skewered to a desk with a large tribal spear, things are almost certainly taking a turn for the worse.

Things start to look even more suspicious when the chemical company he works for employ Ingrid, a frankly too-good-to-be-true blonde who wears tight blouses. And why are Shelby’s headaches getting worse? Could they have anything to do with the pills the company doctor has been prescribing?

A story of danger, intrigue, betrayal, lust and weight gain that spans continents – there are certain to be Bad Times Ahead.

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