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A Figure Skating Mystery #4
Death Drop: Enhanced Multimedia Edition
Book #4 in the Figure Skating Mystery series.
Bex Levy returns to the world of competitive 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….
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.
- Gumshoe Reviews
Funny, outrageous, scandalous and chaotic, Adams' books are a guilty pleasure - a glimpse into the crazy side of figure-skating rendered with cutting wit and ever more bizarre soap opera turns. The characters are vividly rendered and often larger than life…
Overall, a satisfying - and very swift - read. It's amazing to me that Adams can turn out multiple books with this energy. It must be exhausting to write.
- Goodreads
An abandoned baby is found at the ice rink during a practice session for Nationals. The baby's mother has apparently hanged herself backstage. There are immediately several paternal claimants and when it is found that the young mother was murdered, the plot...as they say... thickens.
I did find the inside look into the skating world interesting. Alina Adams, the author has apparently worked as a figure-skating researcher in the past so she writes these stories with her own personal experience behind her.
- Out of the Best Books
This is the latest in a series of very satisfying mysteries. Anyone with even a passing interest in the world of competitive figure skating will enjoy this insider’s look…. It’s always a good day when a new Bex Levy mystery arrives, and fans won’t be disappointed with this one.
- CA Reviews
Enough twists and turns so the reader isn't 100% sure whodunit.
- Ollie’s World of Books
“Death Drop: Enhanced Multimedia Edition” features all the content of the original 2006 Berkley Prime Crime paperback release, plus additional, professional skating footage by The Ice Theatre of New York embedded alongside the text as part of the story! (An Internet connection is required to view the footage. The book itself may be read on any device, including a regular Kindle or eReader, but the complete “Death Drop: Enhanced Multimedia Edition” is best experienced via Kindle Fire, iPad, phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop.)
Also available as an enhanced e-book: “Murder on Ice: Enhanced Multimedia Edition,” “On Thin Ice: Enhanced Multimedia Edition,” and “Axel of Evil: Enhanced Multimedia Edition.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Alina Adams worked as a figure skating researcher for ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBC, an experience which inspired the complete Figure Skating Mystery series, including "Murder on Ice," "On Thin Ice," "Axel of Evil," "Death Drop" and "Skate Crime." Her other enhanced titles include the contemporary romance, "When a Man Loves a Woman: Enhanced Multimedia Edition," "Counterpoint: An Interactive Family Saga" and "Soap Opera 451: A Time Capsule of Daytime Drama's Greatest Moments.
Bex Levy returns to the world of competitive 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….
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.
- Gumshoe Reviews
Funny, outrageous, scandalous and chaotic, Adams' books are a guilty pleasure - a glimpse into the crazy side of figure-skating rendered with cutting wit and ever more bizarre soap opera turns. The characters are vividly rendered and often larger than life…
Overall, a satisfying - and very swift - read. It's amazing to me that Adams can turn out multiple books with this energy. It must be exhausting to write.
- Goodreads
An abandoned baby is found at the ice rink during a practice session for Nationals. The baby's mother has apparently hanged herself backstage. There are immediately several paternal claimants and when it is found that the young mother was murdered, the plot...as they say... thickens.
I did find the inside look into the skating world interesting. Alina Adams, the author has apparently worked as a figure-skating researcher in the past so she writes these stories with her own personal experience behind her.
- Out of the Best Books
This is the latest in a series of very satisfying mysteries. Anyone with even a passing interest in the world of competitive figure skating will enjoy this insider’s look…. It’s always a good day when a new Bex Levy mystery arrives, and fans won’t be disappointed with this one.
- CA Reviews
Enough twists and turns so the reader isn't 100% sure whodunit.
- Ollie’s World of Books
“Death Drop: Enhanced Multimedia Edition” features all the content of the original 2006 Berkley Prime Crime paperback release, plus additional, professional skating footage by The Ice Theatre of New York embedded alongside the text as part of the story! (An Internet connection is required to view the footage. The book itself may be read on any device, including a regular Kindle or eReader, but the complete “Death Drop: Enhanced Multimedia Edition” is best experienced via Kindle Fire, iPad, phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop.)
Also available as an enhanced e-book: “Murder on Ice: Enhanced Multimedia Edition,” “On Thin Ice: Enhanced Multimedia Edition,” and “Axel of Evil: Enhanced Multimedia Edition.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Alina Adams worked as a figure skating researcher for ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBC, an experience which inspired the complete Figure Skating Mystery series, including "Murder on Ice," "On Thin Ice," "Axel of Evil," "Death Drop" and "Skate Crime." Her other enhanced titles include the contemporary romance, "When a Man Loves a Woman: Enhanced Multimedia Edition," "Counterpoint: An Interactive Family Saga" and "Soap Opera 451: A Time Capsule of Daytime Drama's Greatest Moments.
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227 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 3, 2006
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About the author
Alina Adams
28 books118 followersAlina Adams is Jewish, lives on the East Coast, married with two kids and is the author of Berkley Prime Crime's "Figure Skating Mysteries," including "Murder on Ice," "On Thin Ice," and coming in January 2006 "Axel of Evil!"
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
February 24, 2023
I enjoyed this mystery. I like Bex and the inside look at the skating world is a nice change. Just an FYI, there is some language in here that’s not usually in a cozy.
August 14, 2022
I love that Bex and Craig are becoming and item. And I loved the use of a Killian hold as an important clue!!
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February 27, 2018
As a nod to the 2018 Winter Olympics, I had to pick up this skating mystery. 24/7 researcher Bex is back in the skating world at Nationals, excited to have her piece unveiling the story of Jeremy and his mother's death air during the competition, is caught up in another mystery when a former ice dance skater is discovered dead, an apparent suicide, and a small baby abandoned at the rink. Two men step forward to claim paternity, and it turns out that it wasn't a suicide.
March 22, 2010
Funny, outrageous, scandalous and chaotic, Adams' books are a guilty pleasure - a glimpse into the crazy side of figure-skating rendered with cutting wit and ever more bizarre soap opera turns. The characters are vividly rendered and often larger than life.
This book is breathless: in fact, after the prologue, the next eighty-some pages are part of the same extended scene, as one section of action rolls naturally into the next.
There's a good sense of continuity from previous episodes: Lian Reilly returns, Gary Gold and Lucian Pryce have cameos, and I was particularly pleased to see a bit of sexual tension that wouldn't have been appropriate in an earlier book return to torment Bex. (Though I did think that the off-handed mention of Jordan as promiscuous didn't jive with my previous memories of that character.)
The book isn't without flaws. While Bex has matured, it's taken some of the fun out of her, and I found her unusually passive throughout portions of the story, playing observer to the dramas around her. I also found that part of the conclusion wasn't properly foreshadowed and it kind of seemed like a nonsequitor when it was revealed ... but it wasn't the main thrust of the mystery, so not a big deal.
Overall, a satisfying - and very swift - read. It's amazing to me that Adams can turn out multiple books with this energy. It must be exhausting to write.
This book is breathless: in fact, after the prologue, the next eighty-some pages are part of the same extended scene, as one section of action rolls naturally into the next.
There's a good sense of continuity from previous episodes: Lian Reilly returns, Gary Gold and Lucian Pryce have cameos, and I was particularly pleased to see a bit of sexual tension that wouldn't have been appropriate in an earlier book return to torment Bex. (Though I did think that the off-handed mention of Jordan as promiscuous didn't jive with my previous memories of that character.)
The book isn't without flaws. While Bex has matured, it's taken some of the fun out of her, and I found her unusually passive throughout portions of the story, playing observer to the dramas around her. I also found that part of the conclusion wasn't properly foreshadowed and it kind of seemed like a nonsequitor when it was revealed ... but it wasn't the main thrust of the mystery, so not a big deal.
Overall, a satisfying - and very swift - read. It's amazing to me that Adams can turn out multiple books with this energy. It must be exhausting to write.
February 15, 2014
I absolutely love this series the main character is witty and fun. Throughout the series I would catch myself laughing and smiling throughout the books I would highly recommend these books to anyone who is looking for good mystery that's not too dark.
March 6, 2015
I read this book to complete a task in one of my reading groups. I would classify it as a light read. Interesting story that was dependent on ice skating as setting. It was a light, quick read.
March 26, 2016
A fluffy little mystery for die-hard skating fans!
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