Dance Teacher
Jenny T. Partridge
Murder Has a Way of Keeping You On Your Toes....
True story! Jenny is a fictional character from author Natalie M. Roberts, who channels Jenny, fends off psycho dance moms in her own spare time (truth!), and on occasion leaps tall buildings in a single bound (complete and total lie!)

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From the psycho dance mom rumor mill....

TAPPED OUT dances onto IMBA October Bestsellers List!



"Blending the humor of Janet Evanovich with chick-lit quirkiness, Roberts adds sassy prose and a spunky heroine to create a new series to watch."--Library Journal

"When an obnoxious stage mom turns up dead from poisoned cookie dough, the laughs and the mystery start rolling. Roberts' charming new series is a winner -- a one-sitting read with laugh-out-loud moments, a wacky heroine and enough red herrings to populate a fish market."--Romantic Times Magazine

"When a cookie-dough fundraiser goes awry, Jenny T. Partridge, dance studio owner and amateur sleuth, is on the case in this upbeat mystery....In a nutshell: A light caper with many familiar details of life in the dance studio world.--Dance Teacher Magazine



Who is Jenny T. Partridge?

Meet the dance instructor who puts criminals behind barres--Jenny T. Partridge, founder of Ogden, Utah's premier school for budding prima--and not-so-prima--ballerinas. For Jenny, dealing with difficult stage mothers is business as usual...until murder cuts in.


POINTE AND SHOOT, available now, from Berkley Prime Crime! Studio owner Jenny needs her girls to win the Ultimate Dancer Championship?and the prize money? to expand her business. But first she?’ll have to do some fancy footwork to stay alive.

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In the second book in the Jenny T. Partridge Dance Mystery Series, Jenny thinks filling in as a dance instructor on the Hollywood StarMakers Tour will be easy money-until someone makes it clear that they want her to shuffle off to Buffalo. When other instructors start disappearing, Jenny, with the very attractive Detective Tate spotting her, vows that the show will go on.

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Just meeting Jenny? Be sure to read the first book, TUTU DEADLY, available from: Barnes and Noble.com
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When the obnoxious mother of Jenny's most talented student meets her maker--courtesy of poisoned cookie dough purchased through the Academy's fund-raiser--Jenny must dance as fast as she can to clear her name.

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