emCheap Trillsem is strikingly original, brightly inventive, masterfully plotted, and truly hilarious. -Stephen Mack Jones, author of the award-winning August Snow thriller novelsp pstrongAfter her mother sneaks off on an emEat, Pray, Loveem tour to Bali that goes horribly wrong, travel agent Cyd Redondo must outwit a ring of songbird smugglers and take on a killer, all while trying to keep three orphaned, endangered Bali Starling chicks alive in her purse.strongp pIt's 2007 and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, has emEat, Pray, Loveem fever. Every book club in town is devouring the bestseller and all of Cyd's senior citizen clients are dying to head to exotic Bali. But the travel agent in Cyd only sees its dangers-three active volcanos, six venomous snake species, no wheelchair ramps, about fifteen possible tropical diseases, and the death penalty for smugglers. p pSo she's hurt and furious, but also terrified, when her mother, Bridget, sneaks off with two friends on a Bali tour booked by Cyd's ar