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Surface Deep ✓
LouisBaronSantos
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  • Reads 2,092
  • Votes 290
  • Parts 17
  • Time 1h 53m
LouisBaronSantos
Complete, First published Feb 07, 2021
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Ricardo Torres has spent most of his twenties chasing the bohemian lifestyle, right down to the paintbrush that seems permanently attached to his hand. In his quest to capture the damage wrought to his beloved Lake Fúquene on a canvas, Rico once again finds himself lakeside. However, he soon discovers that the lake has been hiding a secret beneath its waves. With the water all but gone, a stolen Botero sculpture emerges from the cracking, muddy lakebed. 

Shortly after the police are called, Detective Sonia Mendoza arrives on the scene, eager to warm up this cold case. But as soon as Ricardo and Sonia are back at the police station in Bogotá, they learn that the lake was hiding one more secret. Now this unlikely pair must team up to solve a mystery neither of them anticipated.

[[[ONC 2021 Longlister]]]

[Based on Prompt #5]
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