A shopkeeper uses a mill to uncover hidden wealth and dismantle his blackmailer.
Breakfast shop proprietor Daniel Hale endures pressure from Victor Drake until he discovers that rotating an abandoned mill six thousand times reveals the Hale family cellar filled with gold and antiques. The sudden fortune lets him purchase Southgate Food Factory, break Drake's hold, free Olivia Hale, and ultimately take control of Adrian Vance's Pinnacle Group through a reverse acquisition.
Elements
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abandoned mill and food factory
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family cellar secret
03
extortion versus hidden wealth
Suited to
Readers drawn to resourceful protagonists who turn obscure mechanisms into leverage against powerful opponents.