Out damned spot!
As her wedding to detective Cas Wolfe approaches, Candyce Dyce Dare, sole owner (and employee) of the furniture refinishing business Daring Findsdesperately needs to find something to do to avoid sitting down and planning the eventwith her mother and her best friend(particularly since she suspects their plans involve having her cat dress in a tuxedo). Working on a tableshe recently bought at a yard salefits the bill.
Until her sanding efforts uncover a disturbing stainone that looks like it might be blood. Dyce knows that, with a fianc whos a policeman, parents who own a mystery bookstore, and a recent history of inadvertent involvement in murder cases, she can be prone to seeing things that arent there. But then she discovers that the tables previous owner has gone missingand once more, she is drawn into a solve-it-yourself mystery project. And when Dyce starts a project, she just has to see it through