The Dancing Girls
An absolutely gripping crime thriller with nail-biting suspense
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“Wow, what a book!! I don’t think I drew a full
breath for the entire time I was reading… I took it everywhere I went… I needed to
read it at every opportunity!… Unbelievably twisty… I loved every word of
it!” Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Jo pulled together the victims’ pictures. In all cases their arms were
askew, in a way that looked like—what? It was like they were freeze-framed in the
middle of some action. It was like they were dancing.
When loving wife Jeanine is found dead in a small leafy town in
Massachusetts, newly promoted Detective Jo Fournier is shocked to
her core. Why leave her body posed like a ballerina? Why steal her wedding band and
nothing else? Hungry for answers, Jo questions Jeanine’s husband, but the
heartbreaking pain written on his face threatens to tear open Jo’s old wounds. It’s
the same pain she felt when her boyfriend was cruelly shot dead by a gang in their
hometown of New Orleans. She couldn’t get justice for him, but she’s determined to
get justice for Jeanine’s devastated family.
But before Jo can get answers, another woman is found, wedding ring stolen,
body posed in the same ritualistic way.
Digging through old files, Jo makes a terrifying link to a series of cold cases. She
knows a serial killer is on the loose, but nobody will listen to the truth—not her
bosses, nor the FBI. Still, Jo won’t let her superiors keep her from stopping the
murderer in his tracks, even if it means the end of her career.
Just as she is beginning to lose hope, she finds messages on the victims’ computers
that feel like the crucial missing link. Knowing the killer is moments away from
selecting his next target, will Jo be able to take him down the before another
innocent life is lost?
A USA Today bestseller, The Dancing
Girls is the first book in an absolutely unputdownable and gripping crime
thriller series. Fans of Robert Dugoni, Lisa Regan and Melinda
Leigh will devour it in one sitting and will never see that OMG
twist coming!
Everyone is utterly addicted to The Dancing
Girls:
“Loved it, loved it, loved it!!… If I could give it 6
stars I would! In this current climate of ‘twists you will never see coming’—believe
me… you will never see this
coming!… Cannot wait for the next book!… Best
book I have read.” NetGalley Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Wow, Wow, Wow… Extremely addictive and left me wanting
more. This book has everything… and a huge, unexpected
twist you will not see coming. I can’t emphasize enough how much
enjoyment I got from reading this… Well-deserved five
stars—Wow.” Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Holy Freaking Hell when is the next book out?! From start to
finish this book is just WOW!… Keeps you on the edge of your
seat… Full of twists and turns… Talk about
mind-blowing… Want to shout about it from the rooftops…
I cannot recommend this book enough.” Baker’s Not So Secret
Blog ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Wow! Wow! Wow! The twists left my head spinning! Oh so smugly, I
thought I had the ending figured out when—whammo!—twist came out of
nowhere. ‘Did NOT see that coming’ is an
understatement. Blindsided! Wow.” Goodreads Reviewer
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“I was just blown away by its climax, wandering around
going OMG… Found it totally gripping…
impossible to put down.” Muse
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“An unpredictable rollercoaster ride with more twists and turns than you
would find on a snakes and ladders board… I felt as though I had
been punched in the gut and they left me breathless.” Ginger Book
Geek ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Oakhurst, Mass., police detective Jo Fournier, the heroine of Chouinard's well-crafted debut and series launch, spends months fruitlessly pursuing the case of a middle-aged woman whose strangled body was found in a hotel room before she's told to shelve it. Jo takes a few days off to visit her father in New Orleans, where she learns that another woman has been strangled in her hotel room; like the first victim, her body was arranged in an unusual position and her wedding ring removed. Jo believes that the two murders are the work of a serial killer. Chapters following Jo and her team's methodical investigation into the world of cyber-gaming alternate with those told from the point of view of the killer. By focusing on the lives of the killer's prey, Chouinard raises these innocent, unhappy women from merely being pieces in a puzzle and lends greater urgency to the pursuit of their murderer. The action builds to a sublimely satisfying final twist. Readers will eagerly await Jo's next outing.