Drawing Conclusions
by Deirdre Verne
CeCe is an interesting character and the story is well written and will keep you interested and intrigued until the last page.
~Shelley’s Book Case
This is a good mystery with twists you don’t expect…
~readalot
I love a mystery that keeps me on my toes…Deirdre certainly has a talent for plot twists.
~Booklady’s Booknotes
Drawing Conclusions is really thrilling and exciting, full of twists. Do not start it the night before you go to sleep because you risk a sleepless night.
~LibriAmoriMiei
Drawing Conclusions
(A Sketch in Crime Mystery)
New Series
Cozy Mystery
Setting: New York
Publisher: MIDNIGHT INK (February 8, 2015)
Paperback: 312 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0738741314
E-Book ASIN: B00S1MTLDQ
Synopsis
Cece dumpster dives her way through this suspense-filled murder mystery…
Cece Prentice is a most unusual young woman. Heiress to a large fortune thanks to her doctor father, who is the head of a genome company on Long Island, Cece is also a freegan—ecologically-minded and socially conscious. If that happens to include dumpster diving for half an old hamburger, previously started by someone she has never met, then so be it.
Cece would still be going about her ordinary, albeit weird, life had her beloved twin brother Teddy not been murdered. Drawn into the police investigation, CeCe uses her sketching abilities and knowledge of her father’s company to provide Detective DeRosa with the clues he needs to ferret out what happened to Teddy. But she soon realizes that this mystery is much more complicated than she ever imagined.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
There is so much I loved about this story I just don’t know where to begin and I have to be very careful not to give anything away.
We meet Cece while she is dumpster diving and then we learn that she is a “Freegan” and is from a very wealthy family. She is also a sketch artist and captures the nuances of faces in an uncanny way. She has a twin brother, Teddy, who works with their father at a lab that researches DNA. Her father is known all over the world for his work. She lives in a house with 4 other ecologically-minded and socially conscious friends, Charlie, who is her twin brother’s best friend, Trina, Becky and Jonathan.
We learn very quickly that her twin brother has been killed. It is Cece’s artistic ability and her knowledge of her father’s company that brings her in to the middle of the investigation of his death but the investigation goes off in some truly unexpected tangents that will change her life and others in monumental ways.
I started reading this story and just couldn’t stop. Every time a clue connected it seemed to twist the story into another direction and this continued throughout the whole story. I was like “wow”, “no way”, oh my stars!” and then the final twist so good…I couldn’t wait to write this review to tell you all about it!!
I truly don’t know how the author is going to top this story in the next installment but I want to be first in line to read it!!
About This Author
Deirdre Verne (Scarsdale, NY) is a college professor and an active college blogger. A writer for the millennium crowd, Deirdre’s interest in green living inspired her to create an off-the-grid character who Dumpster dives her way though a suspense-filled mystery series. 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.
Author Links
www.deirdreverne.com (web page)
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Sounds like a great read. I love the idea of freegans.. I couldn’t do it personally.. lol
But I love the cheap skates tv show where people do that. And to have the ability to draw. Sigh. Thanks for the chance to read this great sounding cozy… I’m curious now. 🙂
Drawing Conclusions sounds intriguing. I am looking forward to reading it.
Sounds like an interesting start to a great series.
Sounds like a very interesting book. Never heard of freegan dumpster divers before.
I find the dumpster diving fun. I’ve met several people who do it. So many things are thrown out. I am interested in reading it. Thank you for your giveaway.
Sounds like a fun character to star in this series.
I haven’t heard of freegan before. Interesting story and good review.
Ann
Sounds interesting. I enjoy forensic artist book and this is similar.
great book and excellent giveaway.
This looks like an excellent book. Thanks for the chance to win it!
I really enjoy quirky, unusual characters in books, actually, in real life too. Thanks for the chance to win Drawing Conclusions.
An art series sounds great. I love art and design so this should be a new series for me!
Sounds like a great read.
I always love starting a new series and seeing where the author goes with it. This one sounds like a winner
I love to start a series at the beginning. I have never heard of a “freegan” so this would be a fun way to learn more and read a mystery. Thanks for the giveaway.
This sounds like a great new series–thanks for sharing!
Drawing Conclusions and dumpster diving make for a wonderful joint topics. Thanks for sharing.
What a refreshing change. A unique niche for a cozy.
Well done.
Sounds like a unique fun read. My dad always went to the dump and fixed things and reused them. Thanks for the chance to win.
Interesting idea for a series. 🙂
Dumpster diving? Pee-yew!
This sounds like an interesting story line. I haven’t heard of one like it before.
I have seen whole families dumpster diving in a rural trash bin. The smell and the fear of getting bitten by a rat or picking up something slimey makes me never want to try it. There are towns in India where orphaned children to that to survive. I would like to read this book.
This sounds so interesting! And to read about a fellow dumpster diver (it is outlawed where I live now, but whole sociology theses could be written about what people toss out!). I would love to read this and see all the twists and the things that you are trying hard not to reveal. And to find out who murdered Teddy, of course!
I’ve always thought dumpster diving would be fun. Now if I could only get a friend to go diving with me.
The dumpster diving aspect sounds kind of intriguing!
Thanks for the giveaway.
Sounds like a great book, thank you for sharing.
I’d read about this book in another blog, and it sounded really, really good. I’ve already added it to my “must read” list and am trying to get a few of her other short story offerings. Thanks so much for the chance to win it.
Love the play-on-words title. I have dumpster dived a bit myself.
This sounds like a good book to check out.
Can’t wait to read it 🙂
Dumpster diving, huh? Sounds like a good read!
I would love to read this book. Looks like a very interesting read.
the book sounds good
Sounds like a funny great book would love to read it?
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Dumpster diving for food – unappetizing! Dumpster diving for stuff to up cycle – sounds interesting. This book sounds really good with all the twists and turns. I’d love to win a copy! This book is definitely going on my TBR list.
Dumpster diving is not new to me. I know people who do this, however not for food. Generally for things they can sell or recycle. This story intrigues me, mainly because the main character is not really in need of the money. I would love to read this book. Thanks for the chance.