Dipped, Stripped, and Dead

Dyce (short for Candyce) Dare never thought she'd end up twenty-nine and divorced, with a toddler to raise, an ex who "forgets" his child support, and a diet consisting mostly of pancakes.

To make ends meet, Dyce takes a chance and starts up Daring Finds, a furniture refinishing business. But finding things to refinish is tough — especially when Dyce goes Dumpster diving for discarded furniture and uncovers a gelatinous-looking corpse. Turns out the body was immersed in a vat of lye — a techniquie used for refinishing furniture — making Dyce a prime suspect.

Now, in order to clear her good — and thanks to her parents, slightly absurd — name, Dyce has to play private eye. But solving a murder isn't child's play, especially when the next victim just might be her...

• Author
• Elise Hyatt, Sarah A. Hoyt

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 281

• Series
• Daring Finds

• Publisher
• Berkley

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780425230787

• Genres
• mystery, fiction, crafts, crime

• Release date
• 2009