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Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. As a temp, she's just a cog in the machine. But when she finally gets a promising assignment, everything goes very wrong, and an encounter with the so-called 'hero' leaves her badly injured. So, of course, then she gets laid off. With no money and no mobility, with only her anger and internet research acumen, she discovers her suffering at the...
2) The temps
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"Jacob Elliot doesn't want a temporary job in the mailroom at Delphi Enterprises, but after two post-college years of unpaid internships and living in his parents' basement, he needs the work. Then, on his first day, the unthinkable happens: toxic gas descends on a meeting in Delphi's outdoor amphitheater, killing all the regular employees and leaving Jacob stranded inside the vast office complex. Wandering through Delphi headquarters Jacob finds...
3) The temp
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Emma would do anything to work for the woman who has the job she wants. Carrie is at the top of her game, with a dream career, a baby on the way, and a handsome screenwriter husband. For Emma, with parents who don't understand her ambition and a serious misstep behind her, this temp position might be her last chance. Carrie has given up more than anyone knows to get to the top of a ruthless business. She won't give up this baby too. But with Emma...
4) The rope
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Anna Pigeon mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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"In The Rope, the latest in Nevada Barr's bestselling novels featuring Anna Pigeon, Nevada Barr gathers together the many strings of Anna's past and finally reveals the story that her many fans have been long asking for. In 1995 and 35 years old, fresh off the bus from New York City and nursing a broken heart, Anna Pigeon takes a decidedly unglamorous job as a seasonal employee of the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. On her day off, Anna goes...
5) The rope
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Anna Pigeon mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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In 1995 Anna takes a job as a seasonal employee of the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. On her day off she goes hiking into the park never to return. Her co-workers think she's simply moved on. But Anna wakes up at the bottom of a dry well, without clear memory of how she found herself in this situation. As she pieces together her memory, it becomes clear that someone has trapped her there, and no one knows that she is missing. Anna must muster...
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Cornelia Upshaw and Fancy mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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Cornelia Upshaw has sworn off men. She's a single mother, a transplanted Southerner living in New York and working as a secretary for a temp agency. Her current gig is at Dayborne Ventures, a high-rolling Wall Street financial house. At Dayborne, the executives get expensive perks. Some would kill for a corner office. Now it looks like someone has. And Cornelia, typing and filing in front of the victim's locked door, is a suspect.
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