A murderer and dancing shoes. What do both of these have in common? That really puts a wondrous question in my mind. "A page turning....thoroughly engaging.... splendid suspenseful fiction."- The New York Times Book Review. That is the same reaction I got after I got done reading this book. It is a book full of characters like people we know, in situations that suddenly get turned inside out. In my report I will tell you what both of these things, murderer and dancing shoes, have in common. I will also tell you the conclusions I made while reading throughout this book.
             There are many different settings throughout the story but the main places the story took place would have to be at Darcy's house, office, or downtown in Manhattan.
             The main character in this story is Darcy. She is a very determined, brave, and loving girl. I concluded this because Erin, her best, had been murdered and she worried about her and did everything she could to try and find her killer even if it meant putting her life in danger to find a murderer.
             Another character was Nona. The three of them were all really good friends. She was writing a column about person ads and Erin and Darcy were helping her out with the research by answering ads for her. I don't think there is much about Nona to tell other then she was very dedicated to her work. She was always working hard on her book whenever I was reading about her.
             There was many suspects in this book in to which one killed Erin and many other girls that had been killed before in the same technique. All the girls were dancers, and they were all killed the same way. They would be found with one of there own shoes on and then on the other foot have a dancing shoe on. There were five different girls but the ones most talked about were Nan and Erin. The killers name is Charlie, but he is using a different name. He started killing the girls first after Nan. She was t...