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When two women who closely resemble each other and who are both competitive ballroom dancers are murdered separately, Mary Arlington, a ballroom dancer who resembles the two victims, begins to fear for her own life.
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Lutz ( SWF Seeks Same ) stumbles with this mystery set in the graceful world of ballroom dancing. St. Louis realtor Mary Arlington, whose mother is alcoholic and whose lover is physically abusive, lives for her mambo, cha-cha and tango lessons with Mel Holt at the Romance Studio. After kicking her lover out of her life and checking her mother into a detox center, Mary agrees to dance with Mel in the Ohio Star Ball, a major competition. Meanwhile in Seattle and New Orleans, women dancers resembling Mary are murdered. Rene Verlane, the husband of the New Orleans victim, insists the crime is related to his wife's dancing. Mary follows the case on TV and one night calls Verlane to offer her help in finding the killer. Together this long-distance team hunts down the killer who is stalking female dancers. With its lackluster characters and slack, far-fetched plot, the story generates little suspense and fails to capture the grace, style or passion of its white-glove setting.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Consider this a minor glitch in Lutz's estimable career, a sketchily researched study of the seemingly tawdry, emotionally bleak world of the competitive ballroom dancer. Someone, it seems, is eviscerating and throat-slashing attractive entrants at various dance gatherings; and although the police are slow to connect the killer with the venue, competitor Mary Arlington is not: She notices a decided resemblance between two of the victims and herself. Has her abusive lover Jake run amok? Or the husband of one of the other victims? Or perhaps a smarmy dance instructor or a jealous contest loser? As Mary prepares for her first major competition, she runs afoul of the maniac in a deserted parking lot--and is barely saved by a cop and a reporter. Downbeat background, which is made all the worse by an easy- to-spot villain. Not by any means up to the author's Nudger series. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
A St. Louis woman finds escape from a boring job and abusive boyfriend by practicing for ballroom dance competitions, but becomes alarmed when an apparent serial killer murders two dancers who resemble her.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 208 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's black boards with gilt lettering t spine in original pictorial jacket. Signed. First edition. ( SWF Seeks Same ) stumbles with this mystery set in the graceful world of ballroom dancing. St. Louis realtor Mary Arlington, whose mother is alcoholic and whose lover is physically abusive, lives for her mambo, cha-cha and tango lessons with Mel Holt at the Romance Studio. After kicking her lover out of her life and checking her mother into a detox center, Mary agrees to dance with Mel in the Ohio Star Ball, a major competition. Meanwhile in Seattle and New Orleans, women dancers resembling Mary are murdered. Rene Verlane, the husband of the New Orleans victim, insists the crime is related to his wife's dancing. Mary follows the case on TV and one night calls Verlane to offer her help in finding the killer. Together this long-distance team hunts down the killer who is stalking female dancers. With its lackluster characters and slack, far-fetched plot, the story generates little suspense and fails to capture the grace, style or passion of its white-glove setting. Condition: A fine copy in like jacket. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # L0597
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