Swell Time For A Swing Dance by Cindy Vincent: Blog Tour

ABOUT THE BOOK

December 31, 1941. Young Houston socialite Tracy Truworth, Apprentice P.I., can’t imagine a better way to send off the old year and ring in the new than by dancing through the night with her fella, Pete Stalwart. But a swell evening soon takes a terrible turn when a fellow dancer with moves like Fred Astaire ends up dead on the dance floor. And before the hands on the clock can point to midnight, a finger is pointed at Pete, accusing him of murdering the young man.

Then after Pete is hauled away in handcuffs, the night goes from bad to worse . . . and Tracy’s sweet grandmother is accused of stealing an ancient artifact from the museum. Now Tracy must team up with her boss and mentor, Sammy Falcone, in order to find the stolen statuette, unmask the real murderer, and restore the reputations of those she loves the most.

Yet as America becomes embroiled in another world war, the risks and sacrifices intensify—even on the homefront. And Tracy soon finds her own home invaded by a near parade of questionable characters, while unsavory suspects lurk in the shadows, and a ruthless reporter makes her life miserable. With time ticking against her, Tracy must be willing to swing past the setbacks and hop through the hazards if she hopes to solve a mystery that involves a lot of dancing . . . and a lot more danger.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CINDY VINCENT, M.A. Ed., was born in Calgary, Alberta, and has lived all around the US and Canada. She is the creator of the Mysteries by Vincent murder mystery party games and the Daisy Diamond Detective Series games for girls. She is also the award-winning author of the Buckley and Bogey Cat Detective Caper novels and the Daisy Diamond Detective series. She lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and an assortment of fantastic felines.

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MY REVIEW

The story starts New Year’s Eve just before midnight 1941. Tracy Truworth, an apprentice PI, and her guy Pete are at a dance along with her grandmother and several other people. A young man that nobody has ever met before grabs up Tracy and starts dancing her feet off. Tracy is scared she is going to fall and hurt herself and just as Pete steps in to deck the guy the young man drops dead on the dance floor! Tracy and Pete are accused of murdering the young man, so Tracy sets out with her boss Sammy(a Humphrey Bogart look-alike) to solve the murder. All kinds of suspicious characters start coming out of the woodwork. Of course with the U.S. just being drawn into WWII everyone is a suspicious character, and everyone of those characters seems to have a link to the Nazi’s in Germany. Who is the guilty culprit and what does Tracy have that they want?

This is the 2^nd book in the series. I didn’t read the first book, but it didn’t keep me from following in this 2^nd installment.  I enjoyed the era that the story was set in. Sammy’s Humphrey Bogart looks help him get into places that a PI wouldn’t normally be welcome. Tracy is a pretty smart cookie and has good intuition about people. Pete and Tracy are a sweet couple, but I have a feeling that with Pete going off to war that their relationship is going to be put to the test. SWELL TIME FOR A SWING DANCE was fast-paced and set in an unsettling time for the world. It reminded me a bit of Marvel’s Agent Carter series. I love the strong woman character in a “man’s world” theme. I must go back and read the first book in the series and definitely looking forward to the next book!

**I received a copy from the author for review purposes. All opinions are my own**

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