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Author: Lynn Osterkamp

ISBN:  1-933826-22-3

Too Near The Edge is set in present day Boulder Colorado and is told in the first person by a character named Cleo, short for Cleopatra.  Her profession as a Medium and Grief Counselor brings her into touchy situations but she never thought it would lead her into a world of intrigue, mystery and murder.  Cleo is asked to help a grief stricken single mother who lost her husband Adam in a tragic accident but her client, Sharon, thinks her husband could have been murdered.  Using Cleo’s techniques at helping her clients to contact their loved ones, Sharon gets clues from beyond the grave to help solve her husband’s mystery.  Cleo has problems of her own when Sharon’s life starts to interfere with her livelihood, which forces Cleo to take a stand for her beliefs and come to the aid of her client.

The prominent characters in the novel move the story along to build suspense.  Cleo gets visited from time to time by Tyler, a surfer apparition who gives her clues in slang surfer language that she has to decipher.  Her “boyfriend” Pablo thwarts her profession while Erik, a fitness trainer and nutritionist, tries to pawn his herbal business on her.  Dr Waycroft, Sharon’s father, is an overbearing, self-righteous behavioral psychologist who ends up making Cleo’s life unbearable if she insists on standing in his way.  The reader will be able to identify with many of these characters in the book as well as the minor characters who play a role in the flow of the story.

Too Near The Edge gets a hold of you from the first page and you can’t seem to put the book down.  The author makes you keep reading to see what Cleo is engaged in next.  The reader gets carried away by Cleo’s actions and ends up rooting for her drive to do the right thing and hope she doesn’t blunder into any trouble.  Lynn Osterkamp makes the reader frown at Pablo’s insensitivity towards Cleo’s situation but you end up breathing a sigh of relief when he comes through for her.

The interesting thing about this novel is that it appears to be three mysteries entangled into one.  The reader must figure out what happened to Adam as well as experience the sequence the characters have to go through to figure out Adam’s demise.  The third mystery lies with Dr. Ahmed, the physician in charge at the retirement home in which Cleo’s grandmother resides, and what he’s involved in.

This exciting novel by Lynn Osterkamp is recommended to anyone who loves mysteries.  Throw in humor with a paranormal twist and you have an adventure on your hands.

The above review was contributed by: Jennifer Andrew -Freelance Writer and Reviewer:

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