The Edge

by Mark Olshaker

Book Overview

As homicide detective Cassandra Mansfield of the Washington, D.C., police department probes a series of gruesome, ritualistic murders, she begins to suspect that maverick neurosurgeon Nicholas Ramsey,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517580446
• ISBN13: 9780517580448
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

EDGY LITTLE THRILLER

Mark Olshaker's "The Edge" is a gripping, tension-filled whodunit with lots of graphic violence and a feisty heroine named Sandy Mansfield. However, Sandy isn't quite so smart when she finds herself falling for the prime suspect: Dr. Nicholas Ramsey, charming, debonair and perhaps a hard-hearted killer. Ramsey also had a brother who was a demented serial killer, and it is his motifs that a new killer is using in homage to the crazed Neville Ramsey.There are some major inconsistencies, however, that keep it from being a true "5" thriller. For instance, letters are being sent to Mansfield after each of the killings, urging her on. However, when it seems as if one of the killings is a copycat crime, she still gets a letter with the main killer taking credit. A big plot faus pax in an otherwise tightly written medical thriller. The ending is rather overblown, but it works okay, and I guess one can't help but wish Ms. Mansfield well.The book moves well and the dialogue is terse and believable.RECOMMENDED.

The Edge is absolutely an unforgettable thrill.

The details of the murders,the cunning connections the chemistry between a suspect and detective Sandy Mansfield are just a few things that give the story its course and non-stop action. The use of medical science as portrayed in this story is hard to put away from the mind. The force that pushes the murderer to butcher and "play with the body" lasts mind provoking. The end leaves the reader stunned yet fully satisfied with each detail and concept given. Olashaker contribution to the story is fully present in each aspect of The Edge. It is a non-stop thrilling, unforgettable experience for a human mind.