Synopsis
CeCe Prentice returns with her band of Dumpster-diving pals in this fast-paced mystery that puts the eco-friendly heroine back on top—of a pile of trash.
When Big Bob, manager of the town dump, goes missing, CeCe is worried about more than where she’ll score her next salvaged car. First at the scene when Bob’s body is recovered from under the weekly recycling haul, CeCe is quick to identify potential witnesses and provide crucial scene sketches. But when CeCe is uncharacteristically startled by an unidentified woman at Bob’s abandoned house, her artistic talents are challenged, and her drawings, much to her frustration, come up short.
With CeCe’s observational talents on the fritz, Detective Frank DeRosa, CeCe, and her network of Freegans are forced to recreate Big Bob’s life from the garbage up. The team is soon thrust into the underworld of recycling where what appears to be junk could actually be the clue that saves a life.
About This Author
Deirdre Verne (Lower Westchester, NY) is a mystery writer, college professor, and an active college blogger. Deirdre’s interest in green living inspired her to create an off-the-grid character who Dumpster dives her way through the “Sketch in Crime” mystery series. Verne’s second book,Drawing Blood
A member of Sisters in Crime, Deirdre’s short stories appear in all three New York chapter anthologies – Murder New York Style, Murder New York Style: Fresh Slices and Family Matters. Visit her online at DeirdreVerne.com.
Author Links
Webpage – www.deirdreverne.com
Blog – www.deirdreverne.com/blog/
Twitter – @deirdreverne
GoodReads – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8276614.Deirdre_Verne
DRAWING BLOOD by Deirdre Verne (A Sketch in Crime #2) DRAWING BLOOD is the sequel to DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, in the A Sketch in Crime mystery series. Although a cozy, DRAWING BLOOD works in several deeper issues. Protagonist CeCe Prentice, descendant of the first harbour master of Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, is an environmentalist and Freegan, as are her three housemates and several friends. A Freegan abhors environmental impact and waste, so recycles and reuses. CeCe and her friends are considered dumpster-divers. Her working relationship with the manager of the town recycling center is pressured when he inexplicably disappears. Fortunately CeCe's artistic talent for quick portrait sketches is essential to the investigation.
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I have this one on my wish list. I want to learn more about the "freegan" lifestyle.
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