The Dangle: A Black Desk Thriller

A job offer is never just a job offer.

Mara Venn makes broken records readable for powerful clients. When a strange legacy review request lands in her queue, the wording is too precise to be routine. Someone is testing how she thinks, how much she sees, and whether she can be moved.

Paul Andrews and Anna Calder recognize the pattern before Mara does. Black Desk is not chasing her. It is selecting her.

As the offer becomes a trap, every file, meeting, and referral turns into part of a recruitme...