Screenscam: A Rep & Melissa Pennyworth Mystery

Praise for Screenscam "Bowen writes with knowledge and wit, tongue in cheek or rudely protruding. His cat-and-mouse corporate thriller zips merrily to a high-speed conclusion." -Publishers Weekly "Gorgeous plot complications...a perfect paradise of dropped stitches, the first mystery in many a day that should have been longer." -Kirkus Reviews 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.... Michael Bowen, a trial lawyer who practices in Wisconsin, is the author of numerous mystery novels, including Screenscam, which feature Rep and Melissa Pennyworth. Bowen wrote the entry on the American Legal System for the Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing.