This is a mystery (one of a series) set in the competitive ice skating scene. The victims and suspects alike are skaters, coaches, parents, rink managers, past champions, etc.
Our main character and sleuth is Rebecca "Bex" Levy, a researcher for a sports network. She is my least favorite kind of detective--the amateur--and her reasons for sleuthing seem kind of silly--her unreasonable and dictatorial boss demands that she solve the murders on camera to improve the ratings of the show. Hm. But! I enjoyed reading a few of these books by Alina Adams despite these complaints. :)
In this book, 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.
The books were pretty clean, entertaining and rather interesting. I liked the two that I read. (The other is "Axel of Evil" and I'll blog that next)
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