“Temporary” by Hilary Leichter (2021)

“There was the assassin.”

Work, work, work. The capitalist system has us by the short and curlies in the west, and everyone is obsessed with work. It’s often one of the first questions asked when you meet someone new: “And what do you do?” Our narrator in this novel has an especially unique relationship with the working world, able to take on any role given to her, as long as it’s temporary.

Temporary is about a female temp worker who can do anything. Contacted by the mysterious Farren at “the a...