- Paperback: 233 pages
- Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group (3 Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0425212661
- ISBN-13: 978-0425212660
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 9.9 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,131,083 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
4th in a great series!, 31 Oct 2006
By D. K. Stokes - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death Drop (Paperback)
The setting is Nationals, when a baby is found abandoned after an ice dancing practice session, and the presumed mother, former ice dancing champion Allison Adler, is discovered hanged in the costume room. It's soon evident that she was murdered, and once again, figure skating researcher Bex Levy finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery.
Everyone wants the baby, and as many reasons as there are for the various custody claims, there are even more motives for murder. It seems everyone has a secret, but all secrets are not necessarily lethal ones.
In addition to the murder and paternity issues, there's a nice thread involving the young skater from On Thin Ice and his father, who's a possible romantic interest for Bex.
The Good:
The skating details. There were just enough to ground me in the setting and to make me feel like a bit of an insider, but not enough to be overwhelming.
The characters. Bex is a realistic, likeable heroine, and all the secondary characters were well-enough developed that even though there were quite a few of them for a relatively short (233-page) book, I didn't have any trouble distinguishing them.
The mystery. There are plenty of suspects and clues, and the resolution is both logical and surprising.
The writing. It's clean and engaging, and doesn't get in the way of the story.
The Bad:
I got a bit confused about one character's secret, between the truth, the spin, and what various characters believed, though I admit that could be because I was reading it way too late at night.
The Surprising:
The thread about the meaning of fatherhood. It was surprisingly emotional, but not in a maudlin or overdone way.
The Verdict:
Another exciting episode in a fun, well-written series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
great title, 14 Dec 2007
By Elizabeth Slater - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death Drop (Paperback)
Bex Levy returns to the world of competition figure skating as the researcher for 24/7 Television Network in this fourth novel in the series. This time Bex must find out the mystery behind the infant left in the arena at the Nationals, and why the baby's mother, Allison Adler, an ice dancer who mysteriously left the rink a year ago, is hanging in the cooler from a sequined belt. But leery from events in the past, Bex is hesitant to follow the clues that will uncover personal secrets
Bex's job is to research and provide all information for 24/7 on and about the participants, their sponsors, and ice skating history facts, etc. So when she hears stirrings from the other rink about an abandoned baby, she makes it her business to find out what is going on that has the police involved. When she finds that there is also another death involved, she hesitates about getting mixed up after her last investigation ended up in murder and kidnapping.
Two prominent skating figures come forward claiming to be the father of the baby, and the mother's step-father is also claiming a right to the child, so Bex is enlisted by the local police, as well as her boss, to find out who is the real father of the child in addition to who killed Allison. Which, by the way, she was murdered, although it was made to look like suicide. Bex starts searching for information -- person by person, although no one seems to find it strange that she is asking a lot of prying questions or that she's trying to solve the murder. Cooper Devaney, Allison's ex-boyfriend, swears the baby is his, but that he didn't know about it until they found it at the rink. Allison's former coach, Idan Ben-Golan, however, is able to produce a birth certificate as proof of parentage. Suspects, in Bex's opinion, range from Idan to his wife Pandora, who is an influential patron of male skaters, to Coop's over-achieving mother Tess. Bex feels like she's stuck in a triple lutz without any hope of landing when she receives vital information from the most unlikely source. But will Bex's career aspirations put her on ice before her time?
This is a cozy series that is peppered with skating terminology, so one should have at least a passing knowledge of figure skating. This series is light reading, with a lot of self-deprecating humor tossed in by the protagonist, Bex Levy. I like the returning characters with all of their quirks, and the light sense of romance that is included, as well as the eye-opening information and the behind-the-scenes look at a popular sport. www.gumshoereview.com
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A Weak Installment in the Series, 2 July 2007
By Chris - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death Drop (Paperback)
I have read the other 3 books in the Figure Skating series and have really enjoyed them. This was by far the weakest. The entire plot was easy to see coming and the characters just weren't developed. It also has my biggest pet peeve of all in mystery series books...in one sentence she revealed the victim and murderer of her second book. I would be really disappointed if I hadn't read that second book yet because she would have completely ruined it. What is the point in reading a mystery book where you have already been told the solution to the mystery? I hope that the next installement is more like the first three books or I'll be dropping this series.
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