The Constant Gardner
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The Constant Gardner
Business Ethics
The Constant Gardeners Epilogue
Short Summary
British diplomat and a passionate gardener Justin Quayle meets the impulsive activist Tessa whom he marries promptly, and at her request takes her on his diplomatic mission in Kenya. When Tessa is brutally murdered, Justin decides to investigate her death after suspecting her death not being a rebel assault and also against the strong wish of his superiors to let the matter quietly disappear. He discovers a powerful mystery connecting the members of the British High Commission to not-so-acceptable business practices of multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical companies. In the process of learning the secrets of his powerful enemies, Justin must learn all of his wife's many secrets and die while living with them as well.
Eccentric Summary
Justin Quayle is a low ranked diplomat sent to lecture a class and represent Sir Bernard Pelligrin to a discussion group in London, where he is being questioned yet attacked by a young controvert Tessa whom asks him after a short affair to take her with him to his diplomatic mission to Kenya as student, lover, mistress or wife, he accepts and soon after the agreement marries her.
Tessa is pregnant and almost giving birth. She is a researcher and is on a mission to get to know and explain the UN's actions. During her research she uncovers accidentally certain well kept secrets involving high British Commissioners and big pharmaceutical organizations like KDH and 3 Bees. Along with Dr. Arnold Bluhm, a well educated African doctor with activists' mentality, they approach Dr. Joshua Ngaba with questions and, being an activist, she attacks him regarding his help in Kenya and so she gets to know the faces behind 3 Bees.
Arnold also tells her that 3 bees is testing HIV patients for Tuberculoses and uses them to test out their drug called Dypraxa. The drug seems to cure TB but has a higher number of deaths as results than cured. These patients are being used as test subject...
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