DEAD ON THE DANCE FLOOR (Corpses in the Dance Floor)

Author: Heather Graham
Publisher: Mira
Publication Date: 2004-03-01
Features: Accomplished dancer Iara Trudeau drops dead of a heat attack brought on by a lethal combination of booze and pills. To former private investigator Quinn O'Casey, it's a simple case of death by misadventure. But when his brother Doug, a Miami Dadepatrolman, asks for help, he can't refuse. Especially when he learns that Lara and Doug——a student at the Moonlight Sonata dance studio where Lara occasionally taught——were having an affair. And despite Quinn's lack of interest in the case and even less interest in dancing, experience has taught him not to count on the obvious when it comes to murder. Going undercover as a dance student, Quinn meets studio manager Shmoon Mackay, a beautiful, graceful woman who has left world-class competition to teach, and he also uncovers some disturbing facts. Everyone there has a reason to hate Lara Trideai. A woman as ruthless as the waste left behind and tangled motives unfold, Quinn begins looking for a killer. In a city where pleasure drugs are a fast and dangerous high, Quinn is alarmed by the growing number of deaths due to overdoses, illegal substances, and execution-style shootings come to the Moonlight Sonata, Shannon, too, has begun to wonder if strange events surrounding the studio have a deeper sure he suspects she is being followed. Worse, she fears someone may be trying to kill her.