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Scott R. Stephens

THE KILLERS ARE KNOWN. THE REASON IS NOT.When Evan Mercer is murdered outside a quiet suburban restaurant, witnesses agree on one impossible detail: his mother-in-law fired first, then placed the same handgun in her husband's hands.The crime should be simple. Instead, every answer exposes another fracture—an unraveling marriage, forged financial records, a custody battle, buried resentment, and a family determined to control its own history.As the evidence pulls Eva...

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Harvard Business Review

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Siiri Scott, Stephen Graybill

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HBR Guide

Are you enduring a toxic workplace?Toxic workplaces take all kinds of forms—whether it's a narcissist boss who belittles and bullies, colleagues who backstab and gaslight, "work friends" who drain you with endless complaining, or a culture of overwork and burnout. It can feel impossible to know whether to speak up and when to keep your head down. Do you try to address it head-on, go to HR, or play office politics? And what can you do if you don't want to leave—or i...

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Scott Stephens

When veteran journalist Chip Jeffries publishes an explosive investigation into Saudi Arabia's oil reserves, he expects controversy. He doesn't expect global financial markets to collapse within hours. What begins as a routine exposé quickly spirals into an international firestorm. Stock exchanges freeze, diplomatic phone lines burn, and somewhere in the shadows, powerful figures begin to move. As Chip races to uncover the full truth, he finds himself drawn into a tangled world of espionag...

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Scott Stephens

Scott Stephens received his first set of roller skates at age six in 1966 – and soon he was staging Roller Derby games in his backyard. Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, it was impossible not to have heard about Roller Derby and the Los Angeles Thunderbirds, whose games were televised. In fact, many of the T-Birds were just as popular as those on traditional sports teams such as the Dodgers, Lakers, and Rams. When Stephens started training at the new T-Bird Rollerdrome in P...

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Scott Mautz

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Stephen R. Thorne

The definitive playbook for driving impact as a middle managerLeading from the Middle delivers an insightful and practical guide for the backbone of an organization: those who have a boss and are a boss and must lead from the messy middle. Accomplished author and former P&G executive Scott Mautz walks listeners through the unique challenges facing these managers, and the mindset and skillset necessary for managing up and down and influencing what happens a...

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Scott R Stephens

TWO DOSES FAILED.Two complete doses of lethal injection failed to kill Mara Vance. The families of the men she lured, murdered, and scattered across five states watched her leave the execution chamber alive.The attempt left Mara dependent on a wheelchair, but her memory and her talent for finding weakness survived. With her sentence commuted to life without parole, she has years to observe, write, and wait.Fifteen years later, prison guard Evan Cade learns that the ...

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Scott R Stephens

Claire Devlin inherited Belladonna—Manhattan's private house for women who refuse to apologize for desire.Her aunt's death leaves Claire in control—and bound to Roman Mercer, the meticulous consent director who knows Belladonna's rules and the part of Claire that answers his quiet command.When someone turns private lives into leverage, Belladonna becomes a weapon. Claire must decide whether Roman's control is the safety she wants—or another secret waiting to destroy her.

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Scott R Stephens

In a town where everyone knows your name, certainty can be a dangerous thing.Three years after a Muslim couple are murdered in their Mississippi home, their son is still waiting for answers. Then a dying patient's words disturb everything he believes about their deaths.When another husband and wife are killed, familiar beads draw a seasoned detective toward Daniel, a man whose quiet routines have never protected him from other people's assumptions. Each new discovery seems ...

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Stephen Scott Watson

'An auditor is a person who watches the battle from the safety of the hills and then comes down to bayonet the wounded.' The best way to prove this often repeated quote wrong is to study your new profession, learn its best practices, immerse yourself in its history, and its future direction. This six-step guide will set new entrants to the internal audit profession on the right path.

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Scott R Stephens

Walter Ames knew how to write a convincing murder. He never imagined becoming the victim of one.When the novelist is found dead in his study, an unfinished manuscript offers Detective Monica Rourke more questions than answers. An old grievance has turned ugly. A trusted assistant has something to hide. And a death dismissed years ago as an accident begins to look disturbingly familiar.Walter's brother wants justice, but every answer makes the people around him harder to tru...

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Scott R Stephens

Her sister came home. The secrets came with her.Twenty years ago, Natalie Winslow disappeared. Now she is home—and someone wishes she were not.Brooke wants her sister back. But Natalie has secrets, Brooke's husband is hiding something, and their father seems frightened.When their father is murdered, the evidence points toward Brooke. A ribbon from the night Natalie vanished appears at her door, bringing back a childhood memory she was taught to deny.To find ...

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Scott R Stephens

Twelve Fridays. One dangerous secret.After twenty-three years of marriage, Mallory Keaton is finished living by a faithless husband's rules. At a masked charity fundraiser in Nashville, a stranger offers something she has forgotten how to want: an evening that belongs entirely to her.Their agreement is simple. Twelve Friday meetings. No last names, no family, no promises. And absolutely no falling in love.But the man who makes her feel seen has kept the one truth th...