[1] The Turnout follows twin sisters Dara and Marie Durant, who grew up in a Victorian home with their father, an electrician, and their mother, a former ballet dancer.

Although the sisters attempt to heal from their shared traumas, Marie ultimately lights the Durant family home on fire before they pursue their own futures.

"[3] Library Journal added that Abbott's "taut, unsettling writing creates tension through the slightest actions and phrases, and keeps the pages turning."

Publishers Weekly noted that Abbott's "look at the darker side of the dance world demonstrates why [she] has few peers at crafting moving stories of secrets and broken lives.

"[8] Crime Fiction Lover also provided a mixed review, writing, "Abbott’s take on the world of ballet is anything but sugar coated," and "A sense of brooding menace and cloying claustrophobia exudes from the pages.