Review: BEAN COUNTER by T.A. Clark

Nick is a bean counter—a wage worker slaving away at a cubicle for a money-grubbing corporation at the mercy of a demanding boss, who died under mysterious and suspicious circumstances. Now, Nick is in charge of the office. He’s never really been much of a go-getter. In fact, he’s always avoided risks, ever since his childhood. After his cop father was killed on duty, his mother always kept him away from risks. No sports, just track to practice escape; no becoming a doctor as there are too many sick people; no becoming a lawyer as there are too many unsavory characters. So accounting seemed to be a safe bet. After all, there was nothing perilous about numbers.

At the urging of his pistol of a fiancé, Nick pursues a promotion, but soon finds himself in the middle of something much more than he can handle, something that certainly involves risk. In his efforts to move up the corporate ladder, Nick literally stumbles upon the dead body of the CEO and is accused of murder.

Told in the POV of a variety of characters, story is a tale of murder, mayhem, and bean-counting. It’s a witty repartee of the working-class stiffs that get muddled in a conspiracy. I thought it was a little too complex. Story was just all over the place that it soon turns into a jumbled mess. You start to lose interest pretty soon.

 

My rating: 2 stars