Murder at Work

Dr. Christine Chamberlain hates her boss, James; I mean she REALLY hates her boss. She has dreams and ideas about how she could kill him almost constantly. When he pulls her off a project that she knows and loves and sends her out on another job that she knows nothing about, she begins to wish him dead in earnest. Her co-workers share her opinions, and decide to murder the boss. Of course it is all in fun; everyone is just blowing off some steam and talking nonsense, right?

Then James turns up dead and the office rumor mill begins to grind, pointing fingers at Christine as the main suspect. Her dream trip to Greece is threatened. It seems that everyone in the office has a motive for killing James; which one went beyond the line of decency into murder?

Yvonne Eve Walus spins an intriguing tale of whodunit in Murder at Work. The gossip and the backbiting in this story are pretty typical fare for those working in an office setting, adding realism to the piece. Christine is a woman frustrated beyond her limits with her job situation and the plot thickens as each worker’s secrets are revealed. Murder at Work is a nail-biter of a story that keeps you guessing until the last page.

Reviewed by: Michelle