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Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver
Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver
In the summer of 1945, Ceola Bliss is a lonely twelve-year-old tomboy mourning the loss of her brother, Robbie, who was declared missing in the Pacific. She tries to piece together his life by rereading his favorite pulp detective story and spending time with his best friend, Jay Greenwood.
One unforgettable August day, Jay leads Ceola and local socialite Bunny Prescott to a spot in the woods where he found a dead woman, but when they arrive, the body is gone. They soon discover a local woman named Lily Vellum is missing and begin to piece together the threads of her murder, starting with the photograph Jay took of her abandoned body. But as Ceola gets swept up playing girl detective, Bunny becomes increasingly skeptical of Jay, and she is eventually forced to confront the brutal truth about her friend, triggering a series of events that will bring tragedy to Jay and decades of estrangement between Bunny and Ceola.
Pegasus Crime, Softcover, 2018
THIS IS A BRAND NEW BOOK.