Fulfillment City

Lydia Calligan was once the doyenne of San Francisco advertising ...

Smart, witty and self-assured, her boutique agency produced some of the best-known and loved campaigns in the industry. But she got caught in a culture-war controversy, and someone was killed; she lost her clients, her agency, and her self-esteem. Now a pariah, she roams the streets alone, speaking to no one — until her former assistant Paul stumbles across a new gig. A home goods fulfillment center in rural Colorado needs its image cleaned up, and Paul drags Lydia from self-imposed exile to manage the job. As Lydia slowly regains her confidence, she befriends Cherise Watson, a bright, optimistic 23-year-old who reveals the high expectations and low cruelties imposed on the center's employees. When Cherise's boyfriend, also an employee, suddenly dies under mysterious circumstances, the company's shadowy president implores Lydia to find out exactly what happened. With her identity and career on the line, she must summon back the strength and smarts she once commanded to solve the curious puzzle inside this big box.

Not really a murder mystery -- though it turns into one – Fulfillment City is a story of young people searching for meaning in the modern world of work, and older people who came of age in a former world trying to find their balance in a rapidly changing new one.