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And behind the polished walls of a powerful corporation, someone has something worth killing to protect.
Aydınlar Holding is preparing for one of the most important moments in its history.
After months of tense negotiations, the company's controversial merger with an Italian investment group finally reaches a vote. The decision passes unanimously. Champagne glasses rise, cameras flash, and executives celebrate a deal that promises to transform the future of the company.
But Chief Financial Officer Ozan Ergüven isn't celebrating.
For weeks, Ozan has been quietly examining old financial records. Something hidden inside years of consulting payments doesn't make sense, and the deeper he looks, the more dangerous the numbers become.
Before leaving the celebration, he tells his assistant that he has a private meeting with the board the following morning.
“Some of the numbers don't add up.”
By sunrise, that meeting will never happen.
Ozan Ergüven is found lifeless inside his office on the thirty-second floor of Aydınlar Holding's headquarters.
The door is locked.
Electronic access records show no unexpected visitors.
Ozan has a known heart condition.
At first, everything points toward a tragic natural death.
Chief Inspector Cemal Aydın isn't convinced.
Neither is Detective Elif Demir.
A half-written email titled “Urgent — Audit Findings” has been partially deleted.
Someone accessed the company's server after Ozan was already dead.
A scratch on a familiar pillbox raises another question.
Financial records reveal irregularities stretching back years.
And among Ozan's private notes is a sentence that changes the direction of the investigation:
“Everything comes out tomorrow.”
Suddenly, a corporate celebration becomes a murder investigation.
Inside Aydınlar Holding, almost everyone has something to protect.
An estranged wife stands to inherit.
A loyal assistant has been hiding her true feelings.
A security chief with gambling debts controls the building's electronic access system.
A powerful board member has accumulated wealth that his salary cannot easily explain.
And the young CEO of the company is desperate to prevent a scandal from destroying everything his family built.
As Aydın and Demir follow digital trails, financial transactions, forensic evidence, witness statements and carefully constructed lies, the polished image of Aydınlar Holding begins to crack.
Behind it lies a history of questionable deals, hidden payments, professional ambition and secrets powerful people believed would remain buried forever.
But the investigation is not taking place in silence.
The press is closing in.
Company lawyers are applying pressure.
Witnesses are afraid.
False leads consume precious time.
And somewhere inside the corporate maze is a person who knows exactly what Ozan Ergüven discovered.
The Last Meeting is Book 2 of Axel Rupen's Clues in the Shadows series, a detective mystery built around forensic details, financial evidence, corporate secrets and methodical police work.
Perfect for readers who enjoy police procedurals, corporate crime mysteries, financial investigations, locked-office mysteries and detective fiction where seemingly insignificant details can change an entire case.
What did Ozan discover before his death?
Who tried to erase the evidence?
How can someone enter a locked office without appearing in the access records?
And what really happened during the final hours after the most important meeting in Aydınlar Holding's history?
Every number leaves a trail.
Every lie creates a contradiction.
And every calculation eventually contains a mistake.
The truth is waiting inside the last meeting.
