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Dipped, stripped, and dead / Elise Hyatt.

by Hyatt, Elise.

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Berkley Prime Crime, c2009.

Single mothers -- Fiction.

Murder suspects -- Fiction.

Furniture finishing -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction

Hyatt, Elise. Daring Finds mysteries ; 1.

9780425230787 (pbk.)

0425230783 (pbk.)

Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.

281 p. ; 18 cm.

"Berkley Prime Crime mystery"--Spine.

"Includes DIY refinishing tips and tricks!"--Back cover.

"First in an all-new series"--Front cover.

"Refinishing furniture can be the end of you. Dyce 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 finishing 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..."--Back cover.

Mystery fiction.

Amateur sleuth mystery.

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