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An Introvert's Guide to Corporate Cover-ups
Paperback
Publisher: Love Interest
Published: Jul 4 2026
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Can a quiet mind solve a loud crime?
In the corporate jungle of tech startups, the loudest voice usually wins. But the quietest person in the room is the one tracking the body count.
Merit Sterling is an independent business analyst who thrives in the background. She doesn't do office politics, she avoids small talk like the plague, and her absolute sanctuary is the Strictly No Talking wing of the Whispering Pines Public Library. Armed with an optimized daily routine, a premium selection of loose-leaf tea, and her trusted matte-black noise-canceling headphones, Merit's life is a perfectly balanced data set.
Until she takes a routine contract auditing gig at Verdant Core-the town's shining green-tech crown jewel.
What was supposed to be a standard workflow audit takes a deadly turn during a routine gap analysis. Hidden deep within the company's supply-chain ledger, Merit discovers a massive Phantom Inventory discrepancy: multi-million dollar paper transactions for eco-components that physically do not exist.
When her primary insider source, an anxious inventory manager named Fiona Croft, is found dead at her office desk, the corporate executives are quick to brand it a tragic accident. But Merit's data says otherwise. analytically, it's foul play.
Suddenly thrust into a chaotic, high-stakes investigation, Merit must use her native introverted superpowers to survive. While performative, arrogant VP Gideon Thorne dismisses her as invisible temp help, Merit utilizes her ability to blend into the background, gathering hidden requirements and plotting out suspects on a literal Murder Matrix spreadsheet.
From the picturesque, historic streets of Whispering Pines to a tense, rain-slicked climax in a high-tech warehouse, Merit is about to prove that the most dangerous weapon in a corporate cover-up isn't a gun-it's a flawlessly executed root cause analysis.
Why Readers Will Love An Introvert's Guide to Corporate Cover-ups:
- The Ultimate Introvert Protagonist: Merit Sterling is a refreshing cozy mystery sleuth. She doesn't kick down doors or out-talk the police; she out-thinks the bad guys using sharp observation, quiet stillness, and hard data.
- Cozy Architecture Meets Corporate Thrills: A perfect blend of charming small-town aesthetics (featuring historic libraries, local botanical gardens, and a highly judgmental silver-grey British Shorthair cat named Widget) and the fast-paced, buzzword-heavy world of high-tech corporate fraud.
- Witty Internal Monologue: Readers who appreciate dry humor will love stepping into Merit's mind as she silently translates loud emotional outbursts and corporate jargon into logical fallacies.
Praise for Antoine D. Nious, MBA:
A brilliant, system-driven mystery that flips classic cozy tropes on their head. Nious delivers a masterfully structured plot where business logic meets high-stakes suspense.
If you love clever, data-driven sleuths, quirky animal sidekicks, and sharp corporate satire, click BUY NOW to start the ultimate systemic mystery today!
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