Dipped, Stripped and Dead

Some people find antiques. Dyce Dare finds trouble.

Ever tried fishing a Victorian sideboard out of a dumpster only to hook a dead body instead? Welcome to Dyce Dare's life, where nothing goes according to plan-and never has.

At six, she wanted to be a ballerina (until gravity repeatedly suggested otherwise). At ten, she dreamed of lion taming (until Fluffy the cat staged a mutiny). Now at twenty-nine, she's just trying to keep her furniture refinishing business afloat so she can upgrade her son's diet from pancakes to anything else, please.

But when her latest dumpster dive yields a half-melted corpse instead of salvageable furniture, Dyce reluctantly adds amateur detective to her lengthy resume of career failures. Because nothing says responsible single mom like poking around a murder investigation, right?

Between dodging danger, dealing with her quirky neighbors, and trying not to embarrass herself in front of a certain handsome police officer, Dyce is about to discover that her talent for refinishing furniture might just extend to refinishing crime scenes.

Dipped, Stripped and Dead - Sometimes the best way to clean up your life is to solve a murder.

(Warning: May contain splinters, sarcasm, and one very determined single mom who definitely didn't plan on any of this.)