Whidbey Island · Book 4
The Edge of the Light
- Published
- 1 January 2016
- Pages
- 389
- ISBN-13
- 9780670012992
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Edge of the Light (2016) closes the quartet at 389 pages, the shortest entry, bringing Becca King's fugitive story and her secret whisper-hearing gift to their conclusion after four books of Elizabeth George's slower, character-first YA mystery.
Its place in Whidbey Island
The Edge of the Light is book 4 in the Whidbey Island series. It follows The Edge of the Shadows. See the full Whidbey Island reading order.
Better known to crime readers for the doorstop-length Inspector Lynley novels, Elizabeth George shifts to YA with the story of Becca King, a teenage runaway who arrives alone on Washington's Whidbey Island under a false name, fleeing a stepfather whose criminal dealings she uncovered by using her secret gift: she can hear the "whispers" of other people's unvoiced thoughts. Taken in by Debbie, a recovering alcoholic who runs a run-down bed and breakfast, Becca builds a found family out of misfits -- Derric, a…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780670012992
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780147513960