As a connoisseur of mysteries, I promise that Stella Sands’ WORDHUNTER will delight you. It’s an intelligent and original story about a Maggie who is not quite perfect. In fact, if your son brought her home to dinner, it might take you a while to think kindly of her. She swears, drinks, takes an occasional drug and pretty much does what she pleases.
But she is a promising forensic linguist. She uses words the way other detectives use physical evidence to find out who wrote a note or used a phrase. When her professor and his peers did not have time to help the police with a missing person’s case, she was asked to participate. First the men in blue were skeptical but her interpretation of the writings left behind were a valuable part of the investigation.
In exchange for her assistance, she received the promise of help from the her detective connection, Jackson, to help find her friend who went missing as a child.
In the middle of all the excitement, there was an accusation of plagiarism. Maggie’s future was a risk because of this accusation and if nothing else, you will learn how very consequential words are in life. Sticks and stones may break your bones but the damage done by words lingers much longer than cuts and broken bones.
Be careful with this book. You won’t want to put it down. Even though you might not have even known about forensic linguistics before you read this, you will not be able to get enough of Maggie and finish the book hoping for a sequel.
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