Candyce "Dyce" Dare is busy making ends meet with her
furniture refinishing business and keeping up with her
precocious little boy, Enoch. Still, she can't refuse her
police investigator boyfriend, Cas Wolfe's, latest project
-- refinishing a hundred-year old antique Steinway piano. As
she is prepping the piece, she finds a hidden note tucked
away among the keys -- a letter from a woman who's been
missing for years. Curious about the circumstances behind
the disappearance, Dyce begins to nose around, asking
questions and stirring up the ire of the woman's family who
would like to keep the whole incident under wraps.
As Dyce begins to pull back the layers of paint on the
piano, she also pulls back layers of mystery surrounding a
pair of lovers who wanted to be together despite their
family's objections. With a little help from Cas and her
best buddy Ben, Candyce discovers scandals and secrets
galore, but she may have just poured the thinner on the
wrong sleuthing project when someone tries to keep her
quiet -- permanently.
FRENCH POLISHED MURDER is Elise Hyatt's second book in
her A Daring Finds Mystery series. The combination of
amateur sleuthing and do-it-yourself ingenuity makes for a
charming and intriguing story. I like the feisty character
of Dyce Dare, who juggles motherhood, the daily
hassles of getting by, and being an independent spirit who
is determined to make the most of her life. For those
interested in furniture restoration, Hyatt includes an in-
depth description on how to refinish a piano, much like her
character does in the story.
You don't stumble upon a series like the Daring Finds
novels every day...
Divorced mom, Candyce
"Dyce" Dare is the owner of the furniture refinishing store
Daring Finds. When she discovers decades-old letters inside
an antique piano she's renovating, she becomes distracted by
an investigation that puts her at odds with the
letter-writer's very powerful local family.
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