WORDHUNTER

Stieg Larsson meets Ruth Ware in this quirky comic thriller that comes with a huge dose of word play.

Maggie Moore -a tattooed, pierced, and socially awkward student of linguistics- helps solve crimes by decoding the words of stalkers, rapists, pedophiles, and killers. She's labeled a word genius. But when Maggie gets the latest call for help, there's a problem. She's been trying to get herself together after having recently suffered several life-altering traumas, including news of her best friend, who had disappeared when they were teenagers. Shaken and weakened, Maggie nevertheless signs on to help find the perpetrator, but the clock's ticking. Will she be able to find her focus before it's too late? Along the way, there's a love story with a detective - and a murder Maggie thinks she committed. The heart-stopping ending will leave you consumed - and begging for more. Stella Sands is the author of six true crime books (St. Martin's Press). Her plays have been produced in Off-Off Broadway theaters in New York City. She was Executive Editor of an award-winning magazine for children with more than 400,000 subscribers. In the fall of 2023, she will appear in the first of a six-part Netflix series on high-profile NYC crimes, featuring her book Baby-faced Butchers. She lives in Sag Harbor, New York.