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Crossroad (working title) is the first book in the Melisende Dulac Series.

Publication and Reception

Crossroad is currently unpublished.

General Information

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Plot

New to the biz but not to the dead, a take-no-prisoners apprentice mortician, Melisende Dulac, happens upon a horrific vehicular accident with multiple dead bodies. Near the scene, Melisende trips over one live baby a physics-defying distance from the wreckage. But no frantic parents appear, and then the dead victims' bodies are stolen from the family mortuary. Melisende is quickly branded the best (and only) suspect by folks with a big stake in blaming her for the whole thing. The only way to save herself is to figure out who died, who survived, and how the catastrophe at the crossroad is linked to the small town's unsavory past.

Jacket Copy

To come.

Major Characters

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 ==Plot==
-New to the biz but not to the dead, a take-no-prisoners apprentice mortician, [[Melisende Dulac]], happens upon a horrific vehicular accident scene with multiple victims, all dead. Then she finds a baby too far from the wreckage to have been thrown clear from any of the cars involved: alone and alive.
+New to the biz but not to the dead, a take-no-prisoners apprentice mortician, [[Melisende Dulac]], happens upon a horrific vehicular accident with multiple dead bodies. Near the scene, Melisende trips over one live baby a physics-defying distance from the wreckage. But no frantic parents appear, and then the dead victims' bodies are stolen from the family mortuary. Melisende is quickly branded the best (and only) suspect by folks with a big stake in blaming her for the whole thing. The only way to save herself is to figure out who died, who survived, and how the catastrophe at the crossroad is linked to the small town's unsavory past.
-When no frantic parents come looking for the little girl everyone in town thinks it's odd. Almost as odd as the bodies from the wrecks being stolen from Mellie's family's mortuary before any forensic evidence can be gathered. The cops are taking both oddities seriously, and Mellie can't explain either of them.
-If Mellie can't figure out who died, who survived, and how the catastrophe at the crossroad is linked to the small town's unsavory past she's going to be out of work, out of a family and really out on a limb.
-Still, she's been in tough spots before, and lived much of her life as the unwanted reminder, but she'd really hoped, at long last, she was done with all that.
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