Dead Man Waltzing
by:
Ella Barrick (author)
When Corinne Blakely, a grande dame of international ballroom dancing, is poisoned, the dance community—including champion dancer Stacy Graysin—is left in an uproar. Corinne was penning a tell-all memoir, but now her secrets might well remain hidden, just as the killer perhaps intended. The...
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When Corinne Blakely, a grande dame of international ballroom dancing, is poisoned, the dance community—including champion dancer Stacy Graysin—is left in an uproar. Corinne was penning a tell-all memoir, but now her secrets might well remain hidden, just as the killer perhaps intended.
The victim’s dance card was full of people who might have wanted her silenced, if not dead. But when Maurice, a ballroom instructor at Stacy’s dance studio Graysin Motion, becomes the prime suspect, she has no choice but to waltz in and take the lead in another murder investigation.
Clearing Maurice’s name by finding the real killer is going to be harder than a running spin turn. But there’s one thing Stacy knows for sure—she’s not about to let the murderer dance away scot-free.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451237347 (045123734X)
Publish date: 05-06-2012
Publisher: Signet
Pages no: 287
Edition language: English
Series: A Ballroom Dance Mystery (#2)
Yet another good cozy this month! I really liked the first one in this series, and this one was every bit as good. I enjoy the ballroom dancing stuff and always wished I were a dancer myself. A good mystery and I'm really getting to like these characters. RECOMMEND!
The danger of theme cozies is if you aren't that interested in the theme, the book suffers a bit in the reading. I'm not a fan of dancing - I don't dislike dancing, but I don't love it, so the theme of this book keeps me from getting lost in the story (plus, really, how much long-term murder and may...