Empty Buckets
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Last published Thu, Dec 5, 2013
Empty Buckets is a detective story set slightly in the future.
Summer is an experienced detective who has grown to be void of emotion, empathy, and love.
Skye is a new, cheery detective, solving a case for the very first time.
In this pre-apocalyptic vision of the world, everything seems to have lost meaning; money in particular. Murderers and thieves often get away with their crimes. But the Newborough detective agency attemps to put this right.
Summer and Skye get off to a rocky start; but will they grow to like each other? And more importantly; will the empty buckets case ever be solved?
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