Crime, Power and Consequences
Work & Business · inspired by real events

A Bench by the North Window

Sam promises Esther a safe way out of a vote on the cutting floor. When his own men take her, he stops the workers who try to follow. Back at the shop, his daughter has to decide whether she can ever trust him at her bench.

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Genre
Work & Business
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
15
Fiction status
inspired by real events
Editorial responsibility
My Life Story Editorial

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Crime, Power and Consequences

Chapters

  1. 01Before the Hands Came Down
  2. 02The Back Room
  3. 03What I Pledged
  4. 04The Reversal
  5. 05One Blow Short
  6. 06The Price of Leaving
  7. 07Across the Aisle
  8. 08A Door Without Guards
  9. 09The Long Walk Back
  10. 10Hands for Hire
  11. 11No Name to Borrow
  12. 12The Open Stair
  13. 13The Bench Is Not Mine
  14. 14August Accounts
  15. 15North Light

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