The Consultant - Bentley Little

The Consultant

By Bentley Little

  • Release Date: 2016-09-23
  • Genre: Horror
3.5 Score: 3.5 (From 30 Ratings)

Description

CompWare is in serious trouble after a promised merger falls through, so they do what other businesses have done to bolster their public image: they hire a consulting firm to review and streamline their business practices.

But there's something strange about the firm they hire--more specifically, the quirky gentleman who arrives to supervise the project: Mr. Patoff, tall and thin and wearing a bow tie, and with an odd smile that never quite reaches his eyes.

In his first interactions, the consultant asks a few inappropriate questions, and generally seems a nuisance. Over time, Patoff gains more power, to the point where he seems to be running the whole company. He enacts arbitrary and invasive changes to office protocol. He places cameras all over the building, making workers paranoid; he calls employees at all hours of the night, visits some of their homes and menaces their families. 

People who defy the consultant get fired… or worse. 

They soon realize they're not just fighting for their jobs: They're fighting for their lives.

The Consultant is a biting workplace satire, with the horrific touches only Bentley Little could provide.

Reviews

  • Weak ending

    2
    By Lainie9999
    I got this to read because I saw the show on Amazon Prime and I thought the book might be fun and interesting like the show. This book is horror and very disturbing at times. That’s fine, except there’s no real conclusion the end. It just kind of it ends without any real resolution or climax. After experiencing all of this fear and terror, you expect a big payoff at the end, where the heroes of the story defeat the bad guy. That doesn’t happen… It just kind of ends.
  • Terrible!

    1
    By Pak111
    Not worth your time or money!

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