Big Business is Murder

Terry North has always believed he was born for the top floor.

Brilliant, aggressive, and self-made, Terry has built his reputation inside Taylor & Associates with the confidence of a man who thinks ambition can erase where he came from. But when he meets Charlene "CC" Taylor, the sharp and guarded daughter of powerful CEO Rex Taylor, Terry discovers that corporate success is not just about charm, numbers, and nerve. In this world, every handshake hides a motive, every promotion comes with a price, and every secret has someone waiting to use it.

CC is no ordinary executive. Raised in the shadow of her father's empire and scarred by old family wounds, she understands the business game better than most men around her. She also knows that the women around her, known as "The Pride," are loyal, dangerous, and far more capable than anyone gives them credit for. When old connections from a reckless past begin to resurface, CC is pulled into a storm of suspicion, buried history, and threats that could destroy both her family and the company built in her name.

At the center of it all is Terry. Desperate to climb higher, he starts digging into secrets he does not fully understand. What begins as office rivalry soon twists into embezzlement, surveillance, blackmail, and a dangerous plan to squeeze millions from one of the most powerful men in New York. But Terry is not the only one playing dirty. Rex Taylor has his own memory of the past, Tony the security man has his own reasons to stay close, and The Pride are already moving in silence.

The deeper Terry pushes, the more the past pushes back. A childhood crime, old photographs, ruined friendships, and vanished enemies begin to connect in ways no one can safely ignore. For CC, the danger is not only professional. It is personal, intimate, and tied to the people she trusts most.

As the pressure builds from corporate boardrooms to private clubs and finally to the bright, risky tables of Las Vegas, alliances shift and greed takes over. Terry thinks he can outsmart everyone: CC, Rex, Tony, and the women who have been underestimated for too long. What he does not realize is that the higher a man climbs, the farther he has to fall.

Big Business is Murder is a gritty corporate crime thriller about ambition, revenge, female loyalty, family power, and the kind of secrets that refuse to stay buried. With a cast of bold, flawed characters and a plot driven by money, betrayal, and old wounds, Bruce Little delivers a suspenseful story where business is personal, friendship can be a weapon, and survival depends on knowing who is really holding the cards.

For readers who enjoy workplace thrillers, crime fiction, corporate corruption, and strong female ensembles, this novel turns the business world into a battlefield where every deal could be deadly.

Sharp, messy, and unapologetically tense, it is a story of money, memory, and payback at any cost. Today.