Death, Unchartered

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Dorothy Van Soest. Death, Unchartered

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The hard-boiled detective gets a unique update for our kinder, gentler twenty-first century in the form of Sylvia Jensen, the hard-codependent social worker-turned detective in Death, Uncharted, the second in this thoroughly entertaining series. Writer Dorothy Van Soest elevates dysfunction to art as her protagonist—a more realistic and insecure version of Jessica Fletcher—explores crime and murder at the center of America’s increasingly corporate approach to education—an investigation that sets her at odds with some very dangerous people.

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The seven o’clock bell rang with a deafening blast that shook the windows and reverberated through my insides. On cue, all the students in the gymnasium silenced themselves and formed lines in front of their assigned teachers.

I smiled at my students and pointed to the sign on the wall. “Good morning! My name is Mrs. Waters, as you can see, but I would like you to call me Ms. Sylvia, okay? May I hear you say it, please?”

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