L.S. Stratton is an NAACP Image Award-nominated author and former crime newspaper reporter who has written more than a dozen books under different pen names in just about every genre from thrillers to romance to historical fiction. She currently lives in Maryland with her husband, their daughter, and their tuxedo cat.
Stratton's new novel is In Deadly Company.
At CrimeReads she tagged five mysteries and thrillers set in the workplace, including:
Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black GirlRead about the other titles on the list at CrimeReads.
From office pet to threat—many black women experience this phenomenon in the working world, and Harris explores it in detail in her slow-burn, twisty novel,The Other Black Girl. The publishing world isn’t perfect, but editorial assistant Nella Rogers knows her place in it.
That is until Hazel, another black assistant, shows up in the office. Soon their budding friendship takes on a more sinister turn when Nella starts getting mysterious notes telling her to leave the company. She suspects Hazel, the new office pet, may be the one trying to get rid of her.
Is Nella being paranoid, or is there an even bigger threat Nella needs to worry about? We find out the answers as the story unfolds.
The Other Black Girl is among Christina Dotson's five top books that feature toxic friendships, Mary Keliikoa's eight top workplace thrillers, 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
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