Murder in First Position: An On Pointe Mystery
Murder in First Position: An On Pointe Mystery
by Lori Robbins
About Murder in First Position
Murder in First Position: An On Pointe Mystery
Traditional Mystery
1st in Series
Publisher: Level Best Books (November 24, 2020)
Paperback: 260 pages
ISBN-10: 1947915746
ISBN-13: 978-1947915749 Digital
ASIN: B08GQBDLN9
Ballerina Leah Siderova knows the career of a professional dancer is short. But rarely is it as brief as that of her rival, Arianna Bonneville, whose rise to stardom ends when she is stabbed in the back.
New York City police detective Jonah Sobol fixes upon Leah as the prime suspect. After all, she was the one who found the body, she had the most to gain from Arianna’s death, and it was her name Arianna whispered, just before she died.
Leah is desperate to clear her name, and she begins her own investigation, collaborating with her best friend and her ballet coach. As the three dancers sort through backstage intrigues, attempted blackmail, and a tangle of romantic liaisons, the noose around Leah’s neck grows tighter.
Ballet, with its merciless discipline, is all Leah has ever known. Is that enough to keep her one step ahead of the police—and the killer?
We are treated to the back stage and out of theatre world of the ballet in this first of a trilogy novel.
Leah is aging out of the profession, but before she goes, she wants to prove she still has all the right stuff. Her expected grand finale comes crashing down before it begins when she learns that her supposed good friend and choreographer has given her prize role to a younger rival.
When that rival is later discovered murdered, with only Leah's fingerprints on the guilty weapon, and the police trying to accuse her not only of this murder but also others in the ballet world, Leah must call upon her family and friends, as well as her own wit and daring, to uncover the true killer before her freedom is taken away.
Ambition, sex, and deceit all play roles in this international mystery.
The competitive spirit of the dancers as well as members of the media come head to head and toe to toe before these murders will be solved. Who can be trusted and who only has their own interests in mind?
Tense and at times very dark, this book is a class act.
About Lori Robbins
Brooklyn-born Lori Robbins began dancing at age 16 and launched her professional career three years later. She studied modern dance at the Martha Graham School and ballet at the New York Conservatory of Dance. Robbins performed with a number of regional modern and ballet companies, including Ballet Hispanico, the Des Moines Ballet, and the St. Louis Concert Ballet. After ten very lean years as a dancer she attended Hunter College, graduating summa cum laude with a major in British Literature and a minor in Classics. Her first mystery, Lesson Plan for Murder, won the Silver Falchion Award for Best Cozy Mystery and was a finalist in the Readers’ Choice and Indie Book Awards. Murder in First Position is the first in her new mystery series, published on November 23, 2020, by Level Best Books.
She is currently working on the second book in both series. She is also the author of “Accidents Happen” a short story that will appear in the 2021 Malice Domestic anthology: Murder Most Diabolical. Robbins is a vice president of the NYC chapter of Sisters in Crime. She is also a founding member of the Damsels of Distress, a group that offers writing workshops and book readings. She is an expert in the homicidal impulses everyday life inspires.
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Thanks for hosting me on your blog and for this wonderful review! I look forward to reading many of the books on Laura's Interests!
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