9 DAYS is the second book in the five-time award-winning Dee Rommel Mystery series by Jule Selbo.
Former policewoman Dee Rommel not yet thirty, sustained a life-changing injury while a member of Portland, Maine’s police force. Her medical leave over, Dee makes the tough decision to not return to the department but work with her godfather, PI Gordy Greer. While studying to get her license, a member of one of Maine’s elite families, famous astrologist Agnes Sants-Mekler, pleads guilty to the shocking murder of her gardener. Gossip swirl through the city.
Dee and Gordy are called to the estate by the lawyer retained by the exceptional pre-teen son of Santa-Mekler, Zar. He wants them to prove his mother is lying. Gordy doesn’t believe they should take the case since the woman confessed.
However, after Dee has a private conversation with young Zar, she realizes much more about this story. When her car is sideswiped and dead bodies appear in town, Dee spends more time with young Zar, trying to decipher his riddles that are confounding her efforts to help. Justice seems fleeting, Dee’s belief systems are challenged; the question of who to trust dominates. 9 DAYS is the second book in the five time award-winning Dee Rommel Mystery series.
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