Refinishing furniture can be the end of you. — 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 technique 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...
- ISBN10 0425230783
- ISBN13 9780425230787
- Publish Date 6 October 2009
- Publish Status Temporarily Withdrawn
- Out of Print 1 December 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Berkley Books
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Language English