Screenscam (Rep & Melissa Pennyworth Series, 1) - Hardcover

Bowen, Michael

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9781890208912: Screenscam (Rep & Melissa Pennyworth Series, 1)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1890208914 ISBN 13: 9781890208912

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2001

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"A gem of a book that just keeps getting more brilliant page after page."―Michael Stackpole, New York Times bestselling author

Attorney Rep Pennyworth faces the client from hell. Charlotte Buchanan, author of a mystery of no particular merit, contends her 1997 novel is the basis for a 1999 film, and she wants to sue. Rep would blow her off, but Charlotte's the daughter of the CEO of Tavistock, Ltd., the firm's major corporate client. Rep digs in, aided by his literature-addicted wife Melissa, and files suit. By return mail comes a death threat, a grisly (and gristly) version of "Hold Your Tongue."

The film's director, Hollywood legend Aaron Eastman, and Rep talk and, bit by bit, the outline of a bizarre scheme to destroy his credibility―and that of his films―emerges. Hoosiers Rep and Melissa aren't prepared for the larger licenses granted to political powerhouses, but they're quick on the uptake and soon armed....

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About the Author:

Michael Bowen, a trial lawyer practicing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the author of numerous myseries and non-fiction works. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1976. While at Harvard, he served on the Board of Editors of the Harvard Law Review. Before going to Harvard, Bowen graduated summa cum laude from Rockhurst College, a small Jesuit college in Kansas City, Missouri. He received a bachelor’s degree in History.

Bowen lives with his wife, Sara Armbruster Bowen (also a Harvard Law School graduate), and their three younger children in Fox Point, a suburb of Milwaukee.

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"Bowen...writes with such swift and cynical humor that you are sure to be entertained." -- Washington Post Book World

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