Five friends in their fifties keep in shape by tap
dancing together. Each is different from the other in
personality but they work together well. A video posted
on YouTube leads to job offers.
One of their offers is to entertain the guests on a
Russian River cruise. Tina Powers is the leader of the
Happy Hoofers by consent. Just widowed a year ago, Tina
depends on her friends as she works through her grief.
The cruise turns out to be very different than what they
expect. The first night out they are introduced to the
crew and the head chef is a scary looking man whose food
is nearly inedible. When the five ladies send their
food back, he comes to the table and threatens them.
The next morning, the chef and another guest are missing.
When the sous chef takes over, the food improves but
everyone is unsettled by the disappearances. The police
are called in. A body is discovered when they drag the
river. Since the face is beaten beyond recognition, the
passport is used to identify it as the missing chef.
With no one certain of where the missing guest and
possible killer is, the mood of the guests remains
unsettled.
When another body is discovered, everyone is on edge and
the cruise is interrupted. While they are allowed some
sightseeing, the interviews by the police keep everyone
from truly enjoying themselves.
While I really enjoyed the characters in the story, I was
surprised to find myself halfway through the book without
any of them doing any kind of investigation on their own.
CHORUS LINES, CAVIAR, AND CORPSES is the first in the
Happy Hoofers Mystery series. In my mind, it is
more of an
intellectual mystery. All of the investigation is left
up to the police. The only reason the readers know what
is happening is that the events in the story line keep
them up to date.
CHORUS LINES, CAVIAR, AND CORPSES is a good book because
of the interaction between the
characters, all them interesting.
It's never too late to kick up your heels. Just ask Tina,
Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini--aka the Happy Hoofers.
After posting a video of their tap-dancing routine on the
Internet, the leggy ladies find themselves booked to
perform on a Russian river cruise up the Volga from Moscow
to St. Petersburg.
But when murder cuts in, the five fabulous friends find
it's not so easy to tap their troubles away. A crew member
has been killed, and a passenger is missing. With a killer
on board, the Hoofers need to watch their step. But with a
little fancy footwork, these soft-shoe sleuths may get a
leg up on a killer who's cruising for a bruising. . .
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