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While at a re-enactment of a Civil War battle in Kansas City, Rep and Melissa Pennyworth stumble upon the dead body of her best friend's boss, and now, with her best friend as the prime suspect in the case, Melissa and Rep, harnessing the power of copyright law and literature, set out to solve the crime.
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In Bowen's well-crafted, well-researched second Rep and Melissa Pennyworth misadventure (after 2001's Screenscam), the couple hook up with their good friends librarian Peter Damon and his wife Linda in Kansas City, Mo., for a reenactment of an obscure Civil War battle. Rep, a trademark and copyright lawyer, also hopes to woo as a client the book publisher Linda works for, Jackrabbit Press, whose head, John Paul Lawrence, views reenactments as a means to promote his company's line of bodice-ripping historical romances. When Rep discovers the saber-slit body of Linda's co-worker, Thomas Quinlan, just after Linda confesses to Melissa that her relationship with Quinlan has advanced from boardroom to boudoir, the mild-mannered Peter becomes the chief murder suspect. After Peter disappears, Rep uncovers an astounding plot that will certainly catch the
reader by surprise. Amusing references to cultural icons both high and low punctuate the narrative (e.g., in the space of one page, Wuthering Heights, Evelyn Waugh, the Audrey Hepburn character in Charade, Kirk Douglas and Seven Days in May, both the book and the movie. A fictional reality-TV program provides the neat twist in the novel's clever opening chapter. And
the Civil War stuff is a treat, too: fans of more literate mysteries have good reason to cheer. -- Publishers Weekly 3.22.2004
"A modern-day Nick and Nora, the quick-witted Rip and the literature-loving Melissa trade sophisticated quips that may make readers wish they had paid more attention in English class. Good fun...." --Booklist
Unforced Error scintillates with witty badinage,
trenchant humor, deft plotting and amusing
characters. Bowen's command of Civil War arcana floored me, and his sly cultural commentary cuts like an 1840 heavy cavalry dragoon saber.""
-Michael Biehl
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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- PublisherPoisoned Pen Pr
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1590581091
- ISBN 13 9781590581094
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages275
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