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Death at Wentwater Court (Daisy Dalrymple, #1)

Carola Dunn

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This first installment of a cozy mystery series transports listeners back to the bygone era of 1923...

Silver Skates (2020)

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The 20th century is just around the corner. In winter, St. Petersburg transforms into a fairy...

SpeedSkatingCoach

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Coaching on the ice is all about getting the laptimes and showing them to the skater, calculating...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated Swift Edge in Books

Nov 22, 2020

Swift Edge

Laura DiSilverio | 2011 | Mystery

10.0

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This Book Swiftly Had me on the Edge of My Seat

PI Charlette “Charlie” Swift has a new client. Dara Peterson needs Charlie to track down her ice skating partner, Dmitri Fane, before the Olympic trials start in just a few days. With her new business partner, Gigi Goldman, semi-helping, Charlie begins investigating. She quickly gets attacked and finds someone left for dead on the ice. What has happened to Dmitri?

I read the first book in this series years ago, and I kept meaning to go back and read this one. I’m so glad I did. This book is as much fun as I remember the first being. The plot is fast paced with plenty of action and a page turning climax. What Gigi doesn’t know about the PI business she makes up for in enthusiasm, and her antics add some great laughs. Yet none of the characters come across as caricatures; there is a depth to all of them. Mostly, we only see glimpses of that depth, but it is enough to make them seem real. The book skirts around the edges of the cozy genre with just a touch more violence and language than a traditional cozy, but as long as you expect that, you’ll be fine. I really did enjoy this book, and it won’t be as long before I go back to visit these characters again.