Overview
Crime is dirty. It's time to clean house.
While home from college, enjoying the final days of your summer vacation, you get a phone call from your cousin, Nick. He has disturbing news: Your mother has mysteriously disappeared. You and your mother haven't talked to each other in years, but you quickly travel to Washington, D.C. to stay with Nick and his girlfriend, Cat, and help in the investigation. You start with your mother's employer, Cleaning House, Inc., and meet Betty, your mother's coworker, who suggests that a former client may have something to do with her sudden disappearance. Eventually you learn that Cleaning House, Inc. is no ordinary agency, and that there is more to your mother than you thought. As your detective work gets you closer to the shocking truth, you find yourself entangled in a web of lies and coverups. Who is really trying to help you? Who is hiding something? Nothing is what it seems.
Cleaning House is an offbeat detective-thriller about trust and reading between the lines.
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Full Product Details
Author: Rebecca M Karli ,
Karen Hannah ,
Genevieve Deguzman
Publisher: Night Owls Press LLC
Imprint: Night Owls Press LLC
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.372kg
ISBN: 9781937645137
ISBN 10: 1937645134
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 26 October 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
REBECCA M. KARLI lives in Washington, D.C. and works as a middle school ESL teacher in Arlington, VA. Writing stories on an old typewriter and on the back of restaurant placemats since the age of 7, Rebecca has dreamed of becoming an author all her life. Now, her dream is to write and publish literature that is relevant, engaging, and speaks to the diverse experiences of her ESL students. In addition to teaching and writing, Rebecca enjoys learning new languages, traveling to different countries, and following current events. She also loves spending time with her friends and family, and being amused by her cat, Frida Kitty Kahlo.
