Ames Garrett is positioned to become the next CEO of Truviv, a high-growth athletics company in Dallas. For corporate legal counsel Sloane Stephens and her colleagues Ardie and Grace, his promotion signals a systemic threat. Having navigated years of Ames’s escalating inappropriate behavior and professional gatekeeping, the women decide to add his name to a secret digital spreadsheet used by local women to track workplace predators. When a female colleague dies under suspicious circumstances at the office, their private warnings transform into a public legal battle that exposes the company's liability and the compromises required of women in mid-level management.
This thriller serves readers interested in the mechanics of institutional protection and gender politics within corporate hierarchies. It provides a detailed look at how nondisclosure agreements and human resources policies are often weaponized to silence subordinates. Readers gain a clear understanding of the "whisper network" as a survival tool and a form of informal intelligence. By finishing the book, an audience familiar with office dynamics departs with a stark analysis of why victims remain silent and how collective action can dismantle established leadership structures.
Escapist; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Escapist Adventurer. Which reader are you?
Insights from Whisper Network
“We were the women who knew things.”
Sloane hides her daughter’s drawing because even a child’s perception feels like a liability. It shows how much women edit their lives just to seem professional.
“Men like Ames don't have to be bad to do bad things.”
Ames Garrett didn't have to be a monster to be dangerous. He just had to be a man who never heard the word no.
The list of names passed around the office isn't about gossip. It is a survival map for the younger women coming up behind them.
“There is a special kind of exhaustion that comes with being the first.”
Katherine’s death hangs over everything like a warning. It feels like the price of being the only woman at the top.
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Flatiron Books
- ISBN
- 9781250319470
- Language
- EN
