Wordhunter

By Stella Sands

Book Overview

An Amazon Best of the Year Pick

An utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patterns to help solve crimes.

Tattooed, pierced, and a bit of a mess, Maggie Moore is a surprising genius when it comes to words, a savant able to solve any linguistic puzzle. The top student in her forensic linguistics class, she's tapped by local police to use her skills to decipher harrowing notes left by a stalker-turned-rapist--and succeeds brilliantly.

But when the daughter of a local mayor is abducted, Maggie isn't sure she's the right person to help the police solve the crime. Given what happened to her best childhood friend, Maggie just might be too close to this one.

Yet she knows the authorities in this rural south-Central Florida town cannot crack the case without her special skill. Along with her new best friend, a detective Jackson, Maggie begins to analyze the texts, emails, and verbal tics of various suspects . . . and comes to a disturbing conclusion that will rock this small community.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063345307
• ISBN13: 9780063345300
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

I never knew diagraming was so interesting.

I loved this flawed young woman. She is so talented, and I would love to read about her again. Hopefully, looking for her friend Lucy. Please write more Maggie Moore books.