Name: Over the Edge
ISBN: 9781935279679

Norah McClintock

Nobody knows how Peter ended up at the bottom of MacAdams Lookout. Chloe cant figure it out, or why his mother seems to think she was his friend. Peter had no friends. He was a loner, more interested in astronomy than in other people. But something or someone pushed him over the edge...

Over the Edge

Lynn Braden

At the beginning of Over the Edge, Chloe's mother has married Louis Levesque and they have moved to a small town called East Hastings, where Levesque is in charge of the local police department. Her sister, Phoebe, who was flirting with anorexia at the end of The Third Degree, is now an athletic cheerleader and star of the debate team. Chloe tells the story in first person point of view as she tries to adjust to a new school and new friends. Levesque is investigating the apparent suicide of Chloe's fellow student, Peter Flosnick, expert astronomer. As the story unfolds, Chloe seems to learn more and more about Peter and how he could be connected to her friends.

Once again, I find this story disappointing. Chloe and Levesque never really investigate together, which makes the series name misleading. The real mystery isn't revealed until near the end, and the story drags through the first two thirds of the book before all the clues are connected. As in the first book in the series, there is no real emotional connection to the characters, and they are very difficult to like. Overall, another lackluster story that barely held my interest long enough to finish the book.

Over the Edge

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