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by Alina Adams
Alina Adams worked as an ABC and ESPN figure-skating researcher before writing On Thin Ice, and the procedural detail shows on every page. If you stayed for the inside-the-broadcast-booth texture, these five next.
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Axel of Evilby Alina Adams
“Axel of Evil by Alina Adams 2005 review. The third Figure Skating Mystery sends Bex Levy to Moscow for a competition where one of the favorites is murdered, again.”
Death Dropby Alina Adams
“Death Drop by Alina Adams 2007 review. The fourth Figure Skating Mystery takes Bex Levy backstage at a New York Stars on Ice tour where one of the skaters has been hospitalized after a sabotaged spin.”
The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kissby Krista Davis
“The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss by Krista Davis 2015 review. The eighth Domestic Diva cozy sends Sophie Winston to a chocolate festival where a corporate heir turns up dead.”
Murder on a Midsummer Nightby Kerry Greenwood
“Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood 2008 review. The seventeenth Phryne Fisher Mystery sends the Honourable Miss Fisher chasing two cases at once in summer 1929 Melbourne.”
Malice at the Palaceby Rhys Bowen
“Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen 2015 review. The ninth Royal Spyness mystery sends Lady Georgiana Rannoch to Kensington Palace to chaperone Princess Marina before her royal wedding.”
FAQ
Common questions about On Thin Ice read-alikes
- Why so many more Bex Levy books?
- Because the Figure Skating Mysteries are the only series doing exactly what they do. Axel of Evil (Moscow) and Death Drop (Stars on Ice tour) carry the procedural texture forward at the same level.
- These are mostly cozies. Right?
- Right. On Thin Ice sits in the procedural-cozy intersection. The Krista Davis pick is the closest contemporary American cozy match. The Greenwood and Bowen picks are period-historical cozy adjacent.
- I want more figure-skating fiction. What else?
- Almost no one else writes it. Lola Schaefer's Ice Princess YA series and Kara Lockharte's Ice Cold are the closest cousins outside our catalog.
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