The Spectacular

Fiona Davis, a New York Times bestselling novelist, whisks us away to Radio City Music Hall in glorious 1950s Manhattan.

1956 in New York City: Marion, 19, is ecstatic to have been chosen to join Radio City Music Hall's glitzy precision-dancing team, the Rockettes. It's a privilege to play at the most magnificent theater in the world—a masterpiece of art deco. But Marion soon learns that being a Rockette has her share of incredible highs and heartbreaking lows due to the demanding practice schedule, four performances a day, and high expectations for perfection.

Then one evening there is a bombing at the theater. It's just the most recent in a series of detonations around the metropolis masterminded by an individual the media has dubbed the "Big Apple Bomber." For sixteen years, they have terrorized the people of New York by placing explosives in busy, public areas. After a years-long quest with no solid leads, the public is furious, so the police, at Marion's insistence, resort in desperation to a novel and drastic tactic: psychological profiling.

Marion discovers that, despite her training to blend in and act in perfect rhythm with all the other similar Rockettes, she will need to stand out and take a scary risk if she intends to arrest the bomber as she is drawn more and deeper into the investigation. However, she could have to give up all she's worked for along with the people she cares about the most.