Blade / Wendy Walker.

By:

Walker, Wendy, 1967- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, [2026]Edition: First editionDescription: 281 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781662531927
1662531923
9781662531910

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Summary: From USA Today bestselling author-and former competitive skater-Wendy Walker comes a chilling psychological thriller set in the cutthroat world of elite figure skating. Ana Robbins was an Olympic star in the making-until tragedy forced her to leave that world behind. At the age of sixteen, she gave up her dream and never looked back. Fourteen years later, she's a successful defense attorney, revered for her work with minors. But when her former coach turns up dead, Ana lands right back where it all began, and abruptly ended: The Palace, a world-renowned skating facility nestled high in the mountains of Colorado. Ana returns to The Palace to defend the young skater accused of the brutal crime-Grace Montgomery. Despite her claims of innocence, all evidence points squarely at Grace's guilt, and she's days away from facing charges of first-degree murder. But Ana's investigation dredges up childhood memories of her own, triggering the fear that permeates this place where she once lived and trained far from home as an "orphan." With a blizzard raging outside, and time running out for Grace, Ana is determined to uncover the truth-even if it means exposing her own secrets that she buried here long ago.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Fiction	New Books	FIC WALKER	Checked out	03/10/2026	36748002641621

Total holds: 2

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From USA Today bestselling author--and former competitive skater--Wendy Walker comes a chilling psychological thriller set in the cutthroat world of elite figure skating.

Ana Robbins was an Olympic star in the making--until tragedy forced her to leave that world behind. At the age of sixteen, she gave up her dream and never looked back. Fourteen years later, she's a successful defense attorney, revered for her work with minors. But when her former coach turns up dead, Ana lands right back where it all began, and abruptly ended: The Palace, a world-renowned skating facility nestled high in the mountains of Colorado.

Ana returns to The Palace to defend the young skater accused of the brutal crime--Grace Montgomery. Despite her claims of innocence, all evidence points squarely at Grace's guilt, and she's days away from facing charges of first-degree murder.

But Ana's investigation dredges up childhood memories of her own, triggering the fear that permeates this place where she once lived and trained far from home as an "orphan." With a blizzard raging outside, and time running out for Grace, Ana is determined to uncover the truth--even if it means exposing her own secrets that she buried here long ago.

From USA Today bestselling author-and former competitive skater-Wendy Walker comes a chilling psychological thriller set in the cutthroat world of elite figure skating. Ana Robbins was an Olympic star in the making-until tragedy forced her to leave that world behind. At the age of sixteen, she gave up her dream and never looked back. Fourteen years later, she's a successful defense attorney, revered for her work with minors. But when her former coach turns up dead, Ana lands right back where it all began, and abruptly ended: The Palace, a world-renowned skating facility nestled high in the mountains of Colorado. Ana returns to The Palace to defend the young skater accused of the brutal crime-Grace Montgomery. Despite her claims of innocence, all evidence points squarely at Grace's guilt, and she's days away from facing charges of first-degree murder. But Ana's investigation dredges up childhood memories of her own, triggering the fear that permeates this place where she once lived and trained far from home as an "orphan." With a blizzard raging outside, and time running out for Grace, Ana is determined to uncover the truth-even if it means exposing her own secrets that she buried here long ago.

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Publishers Weekly Review

Walker's slick and satisfying latest (after American Girl) is set in the ruthless world of competitive figure skating. Despite bad memories, New York defense attorney Ana Robbins returns to Echo, Colo.--home of the Palace, an elite training facility for young skaters--to defend 15-year-old Grace Montgomery against murder charges. Like Ana, Grace trained at the Palace; now she's accused of murdering Emile Dresiér, the facility's assistant coach, by striking him in the head with a skate blade. The evidence is damning: Grace was the last person to see Emile alive, her skate was caked with blood after his death, and she was caught on video assaulting another skater shortly before his killing. Still, Ana believes Grace when she says she's innocent, based in part on her own memories of the toxic atmosphere created by Emile and head coach Dawn Sumner. When Grace tells Ana, "It's not safe here, and it's all your fault," Ana is forced to reexamine her own time at the Palace while searching for clues. Walker nimbly toggles back and forth in time, slowly revealing the depths of Dawn and Emile's depravity before tying everything together in the shrewd conclusion. The author is at the top of her game. Agent: Dan Conaway, Writers House. (Jan.)