Pretending to Dance is the first book I have read from Diane Chamberlain. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I did anticipate more tension and reveals based on the cover. This tends far more towards literary than mystery, and I think it will read as YA or New Adult to some readers. 

Told in two timelines, 1994 and 2014, we learn about Molly's family then in Swannanoa, NC and her family to be now in San Diego. Molly has been out of touch with her NC family for many years and we spend almost the entirety of the book unsure as to why. I felt most connected to the 1994 chapters because that's where the character development and plot points were the most compelling and this is where I think some readers will feel the YA style- but that's not a bad thing. 

Now that I know what to expect from Chamberlain, slow, reflective, slice of life stories with some drama that builds gradually to a subtle crescendo, I am open to reading from her again.