First edition very fine

CW: references to suicide, teacher sexually harasses students, discussion of steroid abuse

Well whilst the writing was a little bit stilted that was still a satisfying YA murder mystery.

I thought Terry and Abby made great sleuths as they tried to puzzle together the cause of a classmates death. Robert definitely set up an interesting premise from the outset with a clandestine meeting being overheard by our young victim. We as Readers know from the outset that it is a suspicious death but have to wait as our main characters put the pieces together to find out the who and whys of it all. This will be great for slightly older teens interested in boxing and murder mysteries.

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Robert Parker did write well for young adults. I had a hard time putting this one down. Okay, I didn't put it down. Read cover to cover this morning. ( )

Mostly Parker-esque dialog, which, in my opinion, is a good thing. And blue butterflies. Damn, I'm sorry this man is dead.

Tags: 2016-read, a-favorite-author, i-liked-it, kids-of-most-ages, read, ya-lit ( )

A fast easy read, written for young adults. I read it because I wanted to read all of Parker's books. ( )