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The Routine Break

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They thought her routines made her fragile. They were wrong. Dead wrong.

Iris Castellan's mind works differently-and that difference has made her the most effective fraud analyst in her company's history. Every morning at 7:47 AM, she enters a meticulously ordered world where her coffee mug sits exactly 4.3 inches from her keyboard, color-coded files follow unbreakable patterns, and lunch happens at 12:17 PM in the same corner seat. These aren't preferences-for an autistic woman navigating a chaotic corporate landscape, precision equals survival. But when her mug appears on the wrong side of her desk one Monday morning, it triggers the first domino in a terrifying psychological thriller that will test everything she knows about trust, power, and perception. Files alphabetize backward overnight. Calendar meetings materialize from nowhere. Security footage shows empty corridors while her lunch vanishes from the locked breakroom fridge. This isn't workplace harassment-it's weaponized gaslighting executed with surgical precision, targeting her documented accommodations to manufacture a mental breakdown. Someone wants her discredited, silenced, and destroyed. And they're using her own neurodivergence as the murder weapon in this pulse-pounding suspense novel where corporate conspiracy meets disability discrimination.

The disruptions escalate every three days with terrifying predictability, building toward Day 21-the calculated breaking point when Iris's public meltdown will justify her termination. But this crime thriller's fierce protagonist isn't the victim they expect. As a risk analyst who spots patterns invisible to neurotypical minds, Iris recognizes something her tormentors missed: the harassment timeline matches exactly with her explosive fraud report exposing $4.7 million in fake medical billing. Suddenly this isn't about autism accommodations-it's about silencing a whistleblower who discovered a senior executive's multi-million dollar insurance fraud scheme. VP Kenneth Voss sits on the board of the fraudulent company she exposed, and he's orchestrated a masterclass in psychological manipulation to destroy her credibility before investigators believe her evidence. With help from an IT specialist who discovers sophisticated spyware tracking her every movement, Iris transforms from hunted to hunter in this gripping mystery that combines workplace thriller intensity with white-collar crime investigation. The tension builds to a devastating climax as she endures sensory torture in a basement reassignment while secretly building an airtight case of corporate retaliation, proving that underestimating a neurodivergent detective is the deadliest mistake her enemies could make.

This unputdownable psychological suspense novel delivers everything fans of crime fiction crave: a brilliant female protagonist, corporate corruption, disability rights activism wrapped in heart-pounding thrills, and the satisfying destruction of villains who weaponize vulnerability. Perfect for readers who devoured twisty detective stories featuring unconventional investigators, suspense thrillers about workplace conspiracies and fraud investigation, and page-turning mysteries where justice requires outsmarting an entire corrupt system. The forensic detail of insurance scam unraveling, the cat-and-mouse game between analyst and executive, and the edge-of-your-seat race against a manufactured breakdown create an addictive reading experience. When routine becomes resistance and pattern recognition transforms into the ultimate investigative superpower, one woman proves that neurodivergent thinking isn't a deficit-it's the exact advantage needed to see crimes hidden in plain sight. A must-read thriller that's equal parts suspenseful mystery and powerful commentary on how difference becomes strength when predators choose the wrong prey.



About the Author :
A. B. Tewary brings a teacher's eye for detail and a storyteller's instinct for suspense to his thriller writing. His two decades in education provided intimate familiarity with human psychology-the contradictions, the secrets, the unexpected depths. Influenced by a lifetime of reading across genres, his work explores the moral complexities that emerge when ordinary people face extraordinary choices. He writes to unsettle, to provoke, and above all, to entertain.


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  • ISBN-13: 9798233001215
  • Publisher: A B Tewary Mystery Press
  • Publisher Imprint: A B Tewary Mystery Press
  • ISBN-10: 823300121X
  • Publisher Date: 17 Jan 2026


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