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==Plot==
==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.
Late one July night [[Melisende Dulac]], apprentice mortician, is called out to perform a dead body removal from an area nursing home. On her way through the lonely Oregon high desert, she comes upon a horrific vehicular accident with multiple dead bodies at a remote crossroad. Near the scene, Melisende trips over one survivor, a newborn girl lying a physics-defying distance from the wreckage. There is no one to claim the infant, nor even a clear indication she was even part of the crash. The baby is mystery enough, but when the crash victims' bodies are stolen from the family mortuary, Melisende is quickly branded the best (and only) suspect in the theft. The only way to save herself is to figure out what really happened at the crossroad and how the catastrophe is linked to the small town's unsavory past.


==Jacket Copy==
==Jacket Copy==

Revision as of 14:13, 21 June 2018

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

Publication and Reception

Crossroad is currently unpublished.

General Information

No information available at this time.

Plot

Late one July night Melisende Dulac, apprentice mortician, is called out to perform a dead body removal from an area nursing home. On her way through the lonely Oregon high desert, she comes upon a horrific vehicular accident with multiple dead bodies at a remote crossroad. Near the scene, Melisende trips over one survivor, a newborn girl lying a physics-defying distance from the wreckage. There is no one to claim the infant, nor even a clear indication she was even part of the crash. The baby is mystery enough, but when the crash victims' bodies are stolen from the family mortuary, Melisende is quickly branded the best (and only) suspect in the theft. The only way to save herself is to figure out what really happened at the crossroad and how the catastrophe is linked to the small town's unsavory past.

Jacket Copy

To come.

Major Characters