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Murder on Ice is the first of Alina Adams's figure-skating mysteries, with the heroine Bex Levy working as a researcher for the ABC sports broadcast of a high-profile competition where the women's gold medal is being contested between an American skater and a Russian one. When the Russian dies of an apparent accident, the international ramifications are immediate and ugly.
Adams herself worked in figure-skating broadcasting and the book is best when she is showing how that world actually operates: the politics of the judging panel, the choreography credits, the relationship between the federations and the broadcasters. The mystery itself is competent rather than ingenious. Bex is a serviceable narrator.
Three stars. Recommended primarily to skating fans, who will find the texture rewarding. A respectable debut in a niche subgenre.
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