Ellen is an actuary, working with horrible misogynistic men, who treat her badly. She doesn't get the promotion she has been promised, then breaks up with her fiancée Samantha. On top of this, her sleazy colleague Noel tries to rape her and she inadvertently stabs him with a laptop case, and is helped by her ally, lovely security man Clint. After this, it becomes a black comedy.
Ellen gets involved with Vivianna, one of the founders of the company, who has big plans for changing the company culture in very drastic ways, and wants Ellen to help her.
There's lots going on in this book, with hidden agendas, and double crossing, and Ellen has to use all her skills to stay out of trouble.

Well, that was fun. What starts with a deadly laptop case imbedded in the neck of a dastardly colleague we are introduced to Ellen. She’s been overlooked for a promotion, and after 6 years of being disregarded, has had enough. The dastardly colleague? That’s Noah, who’s been promoted to the job instead by the old boy network at The City. When no one is looking Noah tries to have his wicked ways with her. Ellen snaps. Hence the deadly laptop embedded in his neck.

What follows is comical, quirky, full of entangled plot twists and turns. Ellen rapidly unravels as she faces not only chaos at work but also upheavals at home with her partner Stephanie leaving, her landlady Mrs Cooperman attempting to evict her, and what about the cats? Does she flee? Does she stay? Both actually as she conspires to get to the root cause of what lead to the shady business dealings, insider trading, and the many nefarious deceptions.

I enjoyed this book very much. Especially how the author merged and fused so many twisty turns and characters together. Fun and recommended reading.

Thank you to Random House UK, Vintage, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest unbiased review.

Ellen is diligent and hardworking but she is repeatedly passed over for promotion while incompetent men ascend to the higher floors of the office block with higher wages, perks and status. Pressure from her fiancée, becoming victim of an unkind prank, and yet another aborted promotion meeting means Ellen is simmering with suppressed emotions when a smarmy colleague sexually assaults her. A blackly comic death occurs and then a series of questionable choices, blackmail and lies draws Ellen far from the person she thought she was.

The toxic culture of the workplace is put across so well that I could feel my blood pressure rising at the actions of the men who try to demean and isolate their female colleagues! I enjoyed the plot and how events just kept piling up around Ellen.

This clever thriller has many twists to keep you on your toes, and that's before karma joins in and stomps all over Ellen's life!

We start with Ellen being passed over for promotion and being sidelined yet again by the patriarchal boys club, who run the company she has spent years pouring her life into. The hopes of Ellen and her partner Samantha are dashed as a result, and Samantha chooses to leave Ellen.

Just when you think life couldn't get any worse for Ellen, it does. Noah, the douche who stole her promotion, tries to aggressively get into her pants... and Ellen snaps.

What follows is Ellen's descent into madness that's cushioned by a comedy of errors, blackmail, power struggles, humorous situations, witty lines, feminine power, tension, twists, shifting suspicions, corporate hostilities, and cats. Obviously, no journey to hell (paved with good intention or not) is complete without cats!