Mary Keliikoa is the author of Hidden Pieces, a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalist and Ippy Silver Award Winning mystery, and Deadly Tides, the first two books in the Misty Pines Series featuring small-town Sheriff Jax Turner, and the Shamus Finalist and Lefty, Agatha & Anthony nominated PI Kelly Pruett mystery series.
Keliikoa's new book is Don't Ask, Don't Follow, is her first domestic suspense novel.
At CrimeReads she tagged eight novels "in an office and workplace setting that will have you side-eying your own colleagues," including:
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila HarrisRead about the other books on the list.
Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books so is thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. But when a string of uncomfortable events elevates Hazel to Office Darling, Nella is left in the dust. Then the notes begin to appear on Nella’s desk telling her to leave. Now as Nella starts to spiral and obsess over the sinister forces at play, she soon realizes that there’s a lot more at stake than just her career. A smart and dynamic thriller, this one is not to be missed!
The Other Black Girl is among Tania Malik's five unconventional office novels, Stephanie Feldman's seven novels featuring ambitious women, Caitlin Barasch’s seven novels set in the literary world, and Ashley Winstead's seven titles that explore collective guilt & individual complicity.
--Marshal Zeringue