Dark Turns

Dark Turns is one of Cate Holahan's early novels. I've read many of her other books but needed to go back to the beginning to catch up. In this one, a ballerina is taking a break to recuperate from an injury, and while teaching at an academy, a student is murdered. Nia is also escaping a break-up wi......more

"Cops didn't offer condolences and coffee to people at crime scenes". Dark Turns by Cate Holahan I enjoyed this mystery at first. I happen to love thrillers that take place at boarding school, college, anything like that. Campus novels. And I have read another book by this writer and it was soo good! S......more

I seem to be in the minority when it comes to this book. I was not over joyed or head over heels in love with this book. In fact, I struggled through the first half of the book. I was not feeling the suspenseful build up surrounding the killing of the young girl that Nia found in the water. Also, th......more

Nia Washington is a talented ballerina who is taking a break by working at a posh private school while a foot injury heals. She certainly doesn't expect to find the body of a student in the lake when she is being given a tour of the campus. Nia is a Resident Adviser in a girls' dorm and the assistan......more