The Fifth Percent: The Accountant Who Closed His Own Case — A Noir Audiobook Short
🎧 About the Audiobook
A man is found dead in a locked office.
The numbers say suicide.
The Fifth Percent: The Accountant Who Closed His Own Case is a concise noir audiobook that explores certainty, institutional closure, and the quiet spaces where truth hides.
Adrian Vale doesn’t deal in guesses.
He deals in certainty.
When a corporate accountant is discovered lifeless atop Ivory Row’s most prestigious financial firm, the police close the case without hesitation. The records are flawless. The trail is clean.
Too clean.
🕵️ A Case Built to Close
Hired to confirm what everyone already believes, Adrian follows the paper trail—and finds exactly what he expects:
A man cornered by his own accounts.
A quiet exit.
A perfect conclusion.
But truth doesn’t always leave fingerprints.
As Adrian presses forward, one small detail refuses to settle: a witness who paused before answering a simple question. He notices it. He dismisses it. The paperwork is louder.
By the time Adrian understands what the numbers were hiding, the case is already closed—and the real culprit has ensured it will stay that way.
🖤 Tone & Themes
Set in a city where legality is mistaken for innocence, this story is a restrained noir about:
- Pride and professional certainty
- The comfort of clean conclusions
- Systems that reward closure over accuracy
- Truths that exist—but cannot be proven
The result is a precise, unsettling listen that lingers after it ends.
🎙️ Narration & Production Notes
- Duration: 23 minutes
- Format: Audio Only
- Narration: AI-assisted narration
- Note: If the project receives future funding, a human narrator will be hired
- Created using: scritch
📦 Files & Pricing
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Included files:
- Ebook (Amazon) — External
- AudioBook Full.zip — 39 MB
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