Dark Turns by Cait Holahan + Excerpt

Nia Washington fought her way up from the streets and was nearing the pinnacle of her profession when an injury and a broken heart derailed her career. Taking a temporary job as a dance instructor at an elite boarding school was supposed to give her time to nurse both body and soul. It was supposed to be a safe place to launch a triumphant comeback. It is anything but.

Not long after she arrives at the beautiful lakeside campus, she discovers the body of a murdered student, and her life takes a truly dark turn. Suddenly, she is drawn into a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with a ruthless killer. And Nia isn't the only target. She must use all of her street smarts to protect her dancers, save a wrongfully accused student, and rescue the man she loves.

CATE HOLAHAN is an award-winning journalist and former television producer. Holahan’s articles have appeared in BusinessWeek, The Boston Globe, The Record and on web sites for CBS, MSN Money, NorthJersey.com, BusinessWeek.com, and CNBC. Her short fiction won first place in the 19th annual Calliope competition, a magazine published by the writer's group of American Mensa.

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Nia takes the job as assistant instruction for the health insurance to help heal her foot and get back to dancing.  On her first day she finds a body! Rumors begin flying around campus, and she is tasked with keeping a lid on the gossip to protect the kids as well as the private school's reputation. With the help of Peter, a fellow teacher, they work together to find evidence of one student's innocence and another's guilt. The suspense built slowly with a couple of twists and then raced to its conclusion. I liked the ballet setting of the story and knew we'd have a few mean girls. We got that and more!  An enjoyable debut.

FIRST CHAPTER EXCERPT: HERE






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