False Step

Each year the residents of Nether Haddon celebrate the village's founding in the time-honored way--with games, music, and performances by their sword dancers. But something new is added to the fancy footwork this year: a team member dies ... murdered.The inquiry soon becomes as tightly interlocked as the five swords, or rappers, used in the dance, a series of complicated turns, jumps and clogging steps as intricate as Celtic knots. Group anger and jealousies explode during the...
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Each year the residents of Nether Haddon celebrate the village's founding in the time-honored way--with games, music, and performances by their sword dancers. But something new is added to the fancy footwork this year: a team member dies ... murdered.The inquiry soon becomes as tightly interlocked as the five swords, or rappers, used in the dance, a series of complicated turns, jumps and clogging steps as intricate as Celtic knots. Group anger and jealousies explode during the investigation. Physical intimidation and implied extortion threaten to destroy the group and the dancers' lives.While CID team investigate the murder, unbeknownst to Brenna, King Roper, a career criminal, has escaped from prison where he was serving time for murder. Now free and eager to settle the score for his capture, Roper tracks down Brenna's whereabouts, ready for revenge...