Away With Words: Later-in-life, puzzle-loving friends discover secrets about a missing youth - Julie B. Cosgrove - Bog

A brook, a shoe, and a bloody sock... After two years of crime-solving, in which she was kidnapped, arrested, and had her kitchen blown to pieces, Wanda Warner agrees to go on a women's retreat with her two best friends, Betty Sue and Evelyn... to get away for some much needed R&R. Especially when she hears they will play word games, her favorite pastime. Wanda has always had a way with words, as her nephew, the policeman, has told her many times. But once again, solving the word puzzle clues to items on a scavenger hunt leads her to discover what could be a crime scene. Then she learns an area teenager is missing. So, why does the retired forensics scientist, who owns the retreat center, seem to downplay everything? Can Wanda convince the authorities that the brook-soaked clues could lead to the girl's whereabouts? And will she still be alive if they find her? Join Wanda as her exploits expand beyond her little hometown of Scrub Oak, Texas.