Foul Play on Words

When Charlee Russo's friend Viv invite her to Portland to give the keynote speech at a mystery writers conference, Charlee is nervous but thrilled by the opportunity. In Foul Play on Words by Becky Clark, Charlee meets a man at the airport who gives her a tip for her speech. (Foul Play on Words will be release on April 9, 2019.)

He writes ACHIEVE on a piece of paper and adds: A - for ability to write a story, C - courage, H - hocus pocus to make the magic work, I - imagination, E - editor writing and rewriting and you need an editor to trust,V - voice and E - earnings. Sage advice Charlee thinks and quickly stores it in her phone.

She finally meets Viv at the airport, but Viv shocks her with her news. Viv's daughter Hanna has been kidnapped. Charlee's first response is to call the police, but Viv says no police. She asks Charlee to help with the conference while she tries to raise the ransom.

Charlee soon learns most of the volunteers are ill from food poisoning so much of the works falls on

her. In her spare time, she decides to investigate and discovers plenty of suspicious characters. With her mystery writer's imagination she caroms from suspect to suspect.

Complicating the coordination of the conference and the search for Hanna is the hotel's mistake. They have double booked a dog show with the writers conference. Soon there are dogs in the lobby practicing obstacle course tricks.

Foul Play on Words is a riotous mystery with plenty of laughs that gives Charlee more ammunition for her mystery writing.

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