Chorus Lines, Caviar, and
Corpses (A Happy Hoofers Mystery)
Mary McHugh
Kensington, Nov 4 2014, $24.00
ISBN: 9781617733598
In their fifties, believing they needed exercise and loving tap
dancing; Perfect Bride magazine Travel Editor Tina Powell, community theater
director Janice Rogers, therapist Pat Keeler, housewife Mary Louise Temple and documentarian
Gini Miller formed the Happy Hoofers.
The YouTube video of the five fierce friends forever became popular and
soon afterward they were hired to dance on a cruise ship sailing from Moscow to
St. Petersburg.
The crew of misfits leaves a lot to be desired, but none worse
than British chef Kenneth Allgood. While
the fearsome five hoof the Volga, his food is atrocious and he becomes angry
when someone tells him so. Allgood warns
Gini to shut up or else and accosts Tina, but passenger Barry Sheldon
intervenes. Soon afterward, the police
fish Allgood’s corpse out of the river though his death improved the meals
considerably. When a passenger vanishes,
the Happy Hoofers agree they need to stay near each to insure sailing the Volga
is not their final curtain call.
The Happy Hoofer’s opening act is a fine friendship drama starring
five affable females; who have each other’s back when it matters. The mystery acts more as a support plot to
the appealing storyline’s focus on the boomer buddies cruising Russia.
Harriet Klausner
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