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The writing is tighter than in the first books, but the repartee between Neve and Egan is still clever and natural. We are learning a bit more about the character of the PIs and their pasts. The relationship between Lexa and Detective Stenson is progressing, albeit at a slow pace. The elusive Sorter still lurks in the backgound, In the plot of this one, talented women in the arts are being kidnapped and murdered. But, police files have been lost, and no one seems to realize a serial killer is at large in London. In the snow. At Christmas.


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London, a few weeks before Christmas, and there's a serial killer on the loose. Snow covers the sidewalks. Dampness settles in the bones. The wind is relentless. There aren't enough hot cups of tea or layers of clothing to help ease the chill. But that doesn't deter Cristelle Comby's crime-solving duo in DANSE MACABRE. Hipster Alexandra Neve just trades her Converse sneakers for faux-fur boots, and her partner Ashford Egan gets up after falling on his ice-covered steps--ice he couldn't see because he's blind. A bout of nasty winter weather sure isn't going to stop these two from tracking down a psychopath.

Alexandra may be British, but she's of the millennial generation. She's more likely to say, "Yo, wazzup?" or vent her frustrations in Italian than maintain the prim and proper demeanor of her more traditional colleague. Ashford's baritone is rich and deep whenever he talks about his love of the city's history and culture. He's into opera and ballet, and she digs rock n' roll. Alexandra teases Ashford about his blindness and he's okay with it. He keeps her calm when she starts to freak out, especially after dropping a flashlight in a rat-infested subway tunnel. And he trusts her enough to lead him out of danger whenever they find themselves in a sticky situation like being held at gunpoint.

The affection they have for each other is truly touching. Alexandra knows that London isn't an easy city to get around in. She understands how difficult it is for Ashford to navigate his way through life, never mind a crime scene. Yet, she always plays to his strengths. His ears become their secret weapon. He can detect when someone's lying just by the sound of their voice. He's like radar because he can always hear when someone's coming up behind them even from good distance away.

They're a well-balanced team, a team of equals. Ash's intellectual nature jives with Alex's go get'em attitude. He lives alone. She lives with her mother. They'd both love to have some office space of their own, but money's tight. Ash envies the salaried pensioned positions of the police officers they work with and Alex is still getting comfortable telling people what she actually does for a living. The adjustment to private investigating isn't an easy one for either of them. They know they're capable of doing the job, but they still have their misgivings about the career path they've chosen.

Their goal now is to catch a killer before Christmas. Their quest leads them to abandoned theaters, half empty churches, reconverted dance studios and beyond. Even when Ash's flat is broken into and a warning note is left, they don't back down, they keep going. They sure don't have the resources they need, but they have the raw talent and ability to bring the killer to justice. They're out to save lives and grant victims' families some healing and closure, and that's exactly what they do. London isn't just a safer place with these two patrolling the streets, it's a better one.
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Young Women go missing every year. Often they leave on their own, with differing agendas. Other times they disappear without a trace. As a parent, the vanishing women create a gap in their lives leaving them to think the very worst.

In Neve & Egan Cases, Danse Macabre by Christelle Comby we are introduced to a situation where a young ballerina has disappeared. Her mother has hired the Private investigators Alexandra Neve and Ashford Egan to help solve the mystery of her missing girl. While the police are on the case, they believe it is a simple runaway, and are tied up in a grisly murder, not putting much into the missing dancer case. Her mother, Mrs. Doughton, believes the worst. She knows her daughter better than anyone, and is convinced she has been kidnapped.

As the sleuthing duo look into the background and question the young woman’s friends they begin to understand their client’s conviction. They also understand the difficulty of beginning a case already held by the police and must find a way to work together without causing interference. The police are only too happy to release the case to their care, for they are working on the gruesome murder of a choir member. They do not have the manpower necessary to tackle both cases at the same time.

When a murder case in another jurisdiction suddenly ties the murdered girl and the missing girl together, the police are no longer as happy to have the investigators aboard. Yet there is more going on behind the scenes that put the entire investigation in jeopardy. Can they work together to decipher the clues before another young woman disappears?

Comby has done a great job of giving us a murder mystery with characters that draw you in. The teams of individuals working together are a mix of dynamic, shuttered, and fun, yet the differences seem to round out the type of brain power needed to solve the case. There is something humble and yet fierce about Neve and Egan, and their working relationship is both interesting and interactive, but in a strange way. The flaws of each character make them human, and you find the peculiarities endearing.

The case itself is deep and muddy, with a macabre killer who has his own agenda. The killings are brutal and staged, and the killer does well staying under the radar. It is only the strange characteristics of the investigators that find the way to solve the mystery. The interplay between the police and investigators is often tinged with a bit of humor, taking a bit of the horror away, but there is no doubt that a twisted killer is on the loose.

If you enjoy mystery and romance you will enjoy this work. If you are interested in puzzles and enjoy a chance to develop your own thoughts you will enjoy the red herrings and twists and turns introduced throughout.
I can say I did not enjoy this book as much as the first two. It left me many times going, Why weren't they arrested, and why wasn't Matthew fired? He was put on leave and yet found himself working with Lexa and Ash and conducting stake-out on his own which he should have known was not the right thing to do--plus disobeying orders by working as law enforcement while he was suspended.

The corruption in the Met also seems very far fetched. The problem with having an Arch Enemy who has Police connections means that the reader is forced to suspend disbelief and accept that the entire department would overlook an obvious serial killing with the watery excuse of, "It's Christmas."

I had a really hard time with the whole thing.

The good parts were that the book was indeed thrilling, and although the involvement of the Nun and who the bad guy ended up being (I won't give spoilers) was fairly obvious right from the beginning, it didn't take away from the plot.

The cliff-hanger at the end was harrowing, of course, and although my disappointment in this book was high, I will be reading the next one when it comes out.
Wow! Wow! Wow! This is most certainly one of my new favorite mystery writers! Hope this series goes on forever!
The writing is tighter than in the first books, but the repartee between Neve and Egan is still clever and natural. We are learning a bit more about the character of the PIs and their pasts. The relationship between Lexa and Detective Stenson is progressing, albeit at a slow pace. The elusive Sorter still lurks in the backgound, In the plot of this one, talented women in the arts are being kidnapped and murdered. But, police files have been lost, and no one seems to realize a serial killer is at large in London. In the snow. At Christmas.