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Overview
For Kit Powell, a reporter and part-time sportscaster at KSDG-TV in San Diego, the chance to cover the Pro-Am Invitational Figure Skating Championships couldn't have come at a better time. Not only will it give viewers a break from the usual reports of crime, recession, and natural disasters, but it also might take her mind off a dormant romance with police detective Nick Strummer. Kit's hopes for an upbeat story start to fade when a volatile protest disrupts the event's opening ceremonies, and the next day, the coach of a top-level skater is found dead. Although the coach appears to be the victim of a botched robbery, Kit suspects otherwise after several skaters tell her they've found threats in their lockers - menacing notes and objects designed to make them think twice about competing. Brushing off Nick's warning not to get involved, Kit uses her charm and investigative skill to dig for behind-the-scenes details on the skaters and their world - and finds herself on a trail of deception, prejudice, and greed that could lead to either the best or the last scoop of her life.Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
Returning from her debut in 1991's Jinx, San Diego TV newswriter and sportscaster Kit Powell covers a local figure-skating championship, which she hopes will lead to more on-air assignments. Kit's interviews with skaters uncover a series of pranks aimed at the competitors' racial and ethnic backgrounds. Then an East German coach is shot and her body found under a freeway, just where the latest victim in a series of homeless murders has recently been discovered. Kit claims the story, but the station manager shoves Kit aside on the air and her arch rival reports live from the scene. Determined to investigate, Kit arranges to infiltrate the local neo-Nazi group that she thinks is responsible for the pranks and the death. When her guide turns out to be an undercover cop and is killed, Kit perseveres-much to the disapproval of her lover, police detective Nick Strummer, whose divorce proceedings and personal misgivings have rocked their relationship. Robitaille gives readers a snappy story, a savvy heroine and a backstage view of pro-am skating. (Nov.)Book Details
Published
December 1, 1994
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Pages
224
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312114343