| Title | : | Murder on Ice (A Figure Skating Mystery #1) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0425193071 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780425193075 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 |
| Publication | : | First published November 4, 2003 |
Figure skating is a cutthroat world. Just ask Rebecca "Bex" Levy, figure skating researcher for the 24/7 skating network-and Prime Crime's newest sleuth.
Murder on Ice (A Figure Skating Mystery #1) Reviews
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Rebecca (Bex) Levy is the research person for 24/7 sports network for ice skating. Who would think that such a pretty sport could be so grueling. Between the exhausting schedule (apparently skaters are morning people), the bickering and the politics, Bex can bearly get any time to herself. But now they have made it to the World Championships, it is almost over. What could possibly go wrong now? Hmmm, how about a controversial judge' s decision followed by the death of said judge.? Now Bex's boss wants her to discover who the killer is before they air their last show. Great TV right. Yeah, but Bex has no idea how to investigate a murder, so drawing on her vast knowledge of mystery novels and cop tv shows, she stumbles and fumbles her way through the clues.
I really enjoyed this book. The third person narrative was nice for a change. Bex sees the skating world, well, the world in general with a jaundiced eye, but she has a refreshing faith in people that comes through despite her constantly being disappointed by those around her. I also learned a lot about the sport of skating and the way it is judged. There were also nice details about how a production like a skating competition is produced. The mystery is good and no clues are witheld. And there is a lot of humor. Lots of fun. -
Onvan : Murder on Ice (A Figure Skating Mystery #1) - Nevisande : Alina Adams - ISBN : 425193071 - ISBN13 : 9780425193075 - Dar 304 Safhe - Saal e Chap : 2003
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2.5 stars. Not a bad read, but not great either. I found Bex to be rather annoying.
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Bex is a researcher for the 24/7 network. The network is covering the World Championship of figure skating. Things are pretty status quo until one of the judges causes an upset when her score gives the gold medal to the Russian skater and to the skater from America. The judge winding up dead the next day doesn't help. Gil, Bex's boss, tells her she needs to find out who killed the judge for the final show or she will be out of a job next season. So she puts her researcher skills to the test to find out what really happened.
This was a tough read for me. The main character Bex annoyed me and there were details that seemed unnecessary. Bex came across as someone who needed to desperately cut back on the caffeinated beverages. I got into it enough to want to know who did it, but not sure if I really liked it. I might try the next one in the series to see if it the same way, and then decide. Very frustrating! -
Bex Levy works for the 24/7 sports network as a figure skating researcher. Sometimes she feels that her biggest job is that of keeping the star commentators, a long-married retired pairs champion couple, from killing one another. During this years World Skating competition the unpopular Russian skater, Xenia Trubin, is awarded the gold medal instead of the much-loved perky blonde American, Erin Simpson. The skating world is aghast especially when the Italian judge, who was the tie-breaker among the nine judges, is murdered. There is not shortage of suspects and Bex has been charged by the 24/7 producer to solve the crime - in time for the next show, of course. Where is Bex supposed to start? A vital clue is discovered in the judge's purse: an e-mail supposedly from Xenia's coach instructing the judge how to rank the skaters. Can it be a simple case of coercion? Definitely not.
This was a fun little cozy mystery that leans heavily on sarcasm and self-deprecating humor. Bex is not so much a great sleuth as a lucky one. -
This cozy gets mixed reviews. In the beginning it was very slow. Lots of talk about the figure skating world, which figure skating fans would already know, and non-fans wouldn't care about. And while there were many characters to discuss in the beginning, the character development wasn't exciting, so the book was sort of dull. But it got better. The mystery had all kinds of red herrings, twists and turns. Seemed like everyone was a suspect, and there were maybe a few too many plausible solutions that turned out to be incorrect. The end was quite good, as Bex, the sleuth, closes in on the killer, and the exposing of that killer was especially fun! So in the end it was pretty good, and I'll read the rest of the series.
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I love figure skating and a murder in the world of this sport sounded good.
I felt cheated because it was too wordy and not enough action.
And this was the second book in a row I was disappointed in.
//I bought and owned this book but have passed it on, free, for others to read. -
Captivating and coming from the place of deep behind the scenes knowledge of the skating community. I liked the matter-of-fact way the protagonist approached sleuthing -- it was both relatable and felt like she was doing a very brave thing.
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The original story was really interesting but the book does not do it justice.
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Great plot and characters. The kindle version is poorly edited and formatted to the point of being difficult to read.
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Meh. Very much meh.
Very predictable. -
Bex Levy is a figure skating researcher for the 24/7 television network in Alina Adam’s enhanced multimedia edition e-book Murder on Ice. This enhanced addition provides several videos of figure skating throughout the book in order for the reader to truly understand what is happening in the story and to give them a visual.
The World Figure Skating Championships have come to the United States and America’s sweetheart, Erin, is slated to win. Instead a Russian skater named Xenia takes the gold and leaves Erin in second plate. Former Olympic champions Diane and Francis Howarth, who are the announcers for 24/7 network, let the world know that they believe Erin should have won the gold. A controversy begins centering around the lone Italian judge, Silvana Potenza.
The next morning Silvana is found dead of a tragic accident. Only Gil, 24/7 network’s producer, doesn’t believe that is was an accident and he lets Bex know that she needs to find the killer if she expects to keep her job for the next season. With experience only in researching, Bex embarks on a journey to reveal who the killer might be. Is it Xenia’s Russian coach who wants Xenia to keep the gold medal? Is it Patty, Erin’s mother who also won a silver medal in the World Figure Skating Championships. Or is it the web designer who seems to have an obsession for Erin?
Bex is in a race against time to find the killer before the skating exhibitions end and the killer is gone forever.
The story is realistic and has some great details about figure skating. The characters are believable and the video clips really enhance the story. However, the book moved slowly and every time Bex found a clue it contradicted what she had already found out. This end of the book was very abrupt and the book was just okay for me.
I give this book 2 1/2 out of 5 stars. -
*2.5 stars, really* I really wanted to love this book. I love cozy mysteries, and this series gets away from the knitting-shop-cafe-psychic-pet cliches. As a charecter I love Bex, and the fact that she's a researcher for a ice-skating federation). I did not love her stream of conciousness commentary that runs on and on without stoping for a period (meaning punctuation). I've never read a book where two sentences were a whole paragraph, but filled up half a page (of a regular sized book, not a paperback). Just made for really awkward reading - I think the author couldn't decide if she wanted to write from first person or from third-person omniscient POV and tried to do both.
I was also disappointed that, at the end, the solution to the admittedly intriguing murder was... rather anticlimactic, frankly. I won't say who the killer is, but if you read this book it will become screamingly obvious before long before the final confession. Also, I figured out almost immediately that Another thing I was hoping to be wrong about because it was just so freaking obvious!
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Murder on Ice is a very entertaining mystery. The author definitely kept me guessing as to who the killer was, which is something I have always liked in a book. Bex is a great character. She is smart and has lots of courage to try and figure out who the killer is. The other characters in the book definitely enhance the story. I loved the scenes with Frances and Diana as they were very amusing! Recently re-issued with enhanced multimedia content, I did have problems connecting to the videos of the skating through my Kindle, but that could have just been my connection at the time. When I switched to reading on the computer, I had no issues. I like the videos because it added a nice visual to the story. If you missed this first in the series, pick it up. Old or new version, I know you will be entertained by a great mystery
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Since I don't normally write reviews unless I have something specific to say, here's the break down of how I rate my books...
1 star... This book was bad, so bad I may have given up and skipped to the end. I will avoid this author like the plague in the future.
2 stars... This book was not very good, and I won't be reading any more from the author.
3 stars... This book was ok, but I won't go out of my way to read more, But if I find another book by the author for under a dollar I'd pick it up.
4 stars... I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be on the look out to pick up more from the series/author.
5 stars... I loved this book! It had earned a permanent home in my collection and I'll be picking up the rest of the series and other books from the author ASAP. -
This one jumped (sorry) over the other books in Mt. TBR because it seemed like the perfect read over the weekend because we had an ice storm and I was watching the figure skating in the Olympics on TV.
I hated the name of the main character (Bex - who has a name like that?) and in my mind renamed her "Beth" (lol). I thought her detecting approach was haphazard at best and I came close to losing interest at a couple of points as she pounded the same subjects with the same questions again. I felt like the story needed more of a hook or twist to keep the mystery more interesting. So, not the best cozy mystery I've ever read but light, fluffy & entertaining. :) -
#1 in the Figure Skating Mystery series. I'd rate it 2.5 stars if I could. I actually liked the subject matter, apparently written about through the author's own experiences as a figure skating researcher. (I had no idea there was such a job, but it makes sense.) Actually the mystery was good, and the reveal at the end was quite interesting and unique. But getting to that point was painful, mostly because Bex is just so cutesy and clever that she becomes totally obnoxious. Adams overwhelms the reader with one-liners and puns, usually several in the same sentence, so the whole book feels hyperactive. It was exhausting.
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The first book in the skating mystery series.
I liked the way the heroine was portrayed in this cozy. She is smart, funny, and tenacious.
Bex is a researcher for 24/7, who broadcasts the Ice skating championships. Controversy ensues when the Italian judge is the deciding factor in giving the gold medal to the unlikable Russian, Xenia Trubin, rather than the USA darling, Erin Simpson. It is widely felt that this judge cheated, and when an email with the final results is found in her purse, next to her dead body, Bex must find out who killed her in order to keep her job (that was the only part that I found totally hokie). -
This is the first in a series about Bex, a figure skating researcher for 24/7 news. She is a year out of college and does research for Frank and Diane who are past skating champs and now commentators.
After the world competition a judge is found dead and there is suspicion surrounding her death, was it suicide or a murder? And why did she vote for one skater over another for the gold medal?
This was an ok book.....didn't really move me like others but not bad. -
The first in the Figure Skating Mystery series.
I was inspired to read this as the winter olympics was going on. It was pretty shakey for a mystery and I wasn't overly impressed with it. If I hadn't bought the 2nd one in the series at the same time as the first - I probably wouldn't have read on in the series. -
This book was at times boring, at times silly, and often not very credible, but I enjoyed it anyway. The characters were likeable (at least the ones who were supposed to be), and it was fun reading about a murder at a figure skating competition while watching the Olympics.
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I love ice skating. I didn't like this book.
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I only read this book as I needed a novel with a winter olympic sport in the title. It was a quick read with an okay storyline. The writing just leaves a lot to be desired.
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I thought this was an interesting cozy mystery. I liked learning a little more about the skating world. Great twist at the end, not really related to the murder, but still a great twist!
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This was not a very good book and I couldn't bother to finish reading it. The story was slow and boring and had uninteresting characters.
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No, didn't like
