"It was happening again. Charley wouldn't stay locked in the secret place.
Charley insisted on thinking of Erin. Only two more Charley whispered. Then I'll
stop"(p.1). Charley is a psycho killer in the novel "Loves Music, Loves to Dance" by
Mary Higgens Clark. This novel is about two girls, Darcy and Erin, who are
answering personal ads because their friend is doing a story about people who place
and answer ads. Erin goes on one particular date with a man who calls himself
Charles North. Erin is found dead two days later on a boat dock by the highway.
When she was found she was wearing one of her own shoes and an unmatched
ballroom dancing shoe. The FBI figures out that there is a cereal killer and they
urge everyone not to answer the personal ads. Despite what everyone says, Darcy
keeps answering, these ads in hope that she will find Erin's killer.
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Erin and Ben
In the jungle with... Erin & SnugglesDarcy goes on
many dates and the one person she would never suspect. While at his home, she
finds Erin's ring.
The key scene in this novel is when Darcy is on a date with Michael Nash,
otherwise known as Charles North. She starts to get very nervous because he is
acting extremely strange, so she decides to walk around a little at his "writing
cabin". Darcy goes to sit back down on the couch and steps on something almost
completely covered by the fringe on the rug. Ignoring it, she sits down and begins
shaking uncontrollably. While shaking so badly, Darcy accidentally spilt some
sherry on the rug. As she dabbed the wine up with a napkin, she noticed Erin's ring.
She thought, "Erin's ring. Erin had been here. Erin had answered Michael Nash's
ad"(p.279). This is the key scene because...