Snap Factor

A killer epidemic sweeping workplaces isn’t the flu. It’s workplace violence. Too frequently, we see stories of a frustrated employee picking up a gun to seek revenge. As we probe the murder in Snap Factor we expose the pressures that can build up in the modern workplace until someone snaps.

In Snap Factor, a washed up NYPD detective, “Mac” McCormick, confronts this human resources nightmare head on. His life of easy suburban cases is upended when a corporate vice president, is gunned down in a sniper-style attack.

Because this case doesn’t fit the standard profile of an angry employee walking in with a blazing gun, the detective first thinks this is a professional hit. But as he discovers the workplace is literally a boiling cauldron of hate and fear of the maniacal senior vice president, he begins to suspect this is an act of workplace violence. To him, none of the VP's co-workers are beyond suspicion because they are victims of extreme ridicule, bullying, mocking, and even sexual harassment.

Mac has to throw out any preconceptions of a deranged employee as he uncovers the shooter’s methodical planning and sophisticated ballistics; a sniper’s bullet so novel it could only have come from a secret government program. The unique rifle round attracts the attention of the FBI and builds the pressure on Mac to solve the case before the feds take control.

By the time Mac discovers who fired the shot, we gain new insight into the explosive social dynamics that can make the modern corporate workplace a ticking time bomb.

Reading Snap Factor will help anyone who has suffered with a bad boss to realize they are not alone. The book includes a corporate survival discussion guide that can be a great tool for workplace training and discussion groups.

“Having taught corporate management for 22 years, the personalities in Snap Factor were right on. An exciting and very readable novel!”—Kevin Reynolds, retired naval officer and management instructor, George Washington University

“A believable story of a workplace that holds the reader’s interest. It will resonate with anyone who has worked under a bad boss.”—Phil Bowie, award winning mystery writer.