Dead Connection is the debut Young Adult fiction novel from Charlie Price. In a blurb on the book jacket the author Christ Crutcher calls Dead Connection witty and humorous or maybe he used the word funny. Witty I agree with but I'm not sure I would use humorous or funny to describe this novel. Considering its subject matter, it's not particularly serious or dark, but I wouldn't call it funny. It is well written, well plotted, and always suspenseful--nail-bitingly so in some parts. Its mystery is twisty and just when you think everything's been figured out, a wrench gets thrown into the works. There is a subtle supernatural element that is integral to the plot that is done well, too. The novel tells its story in rotating third person point of view that helps develop the story from multiple perspectives that serves to heighten the thrilling suspense. Sometimes the device of rotating point of view annoys me because usually just when things...
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