They just wanted to finish high school, but high school might finish them ... The sinister death at Jessica's party has everyone on edge. What if it is wasn't suicide? Will the death toll rise at the homecoming dance? Michael Olson needs to find out who the killer is, before another victim is claimed at graduation. But will he be too late?
Christopher Pike is the pseudonym of Kevin McFadden. He is a bestselling author of young adult and children's fiction who specializes in the thriller genre.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
McFadden was born in New York but grew up in California where he stills lives in today. A college drop-out, he did factory work, painted houses and programmed computers before becoming a recognized author. Initially unsuccessful when he set out to write science fiction and adult mystery, it was not until his work caught the attention of an editor who suggested he write a teen thriller that he became a hit. The result was Slumber Party (1985), a book about a group of teenagers who run into bizarre and violent events during a ski weekend. After that he wrote Weekend and Chain Letter. All three books went on to become bestsellers.
Features the 2nd half of The Party & The Graduation. See separate reviews.
I guess everyone noticed the discrepance between the supposed title and the one on the cover...everyone but the editor, it seems. I requested this book from an Internet book-selling site believing it was actually "Last Act and Master of Murder", because the cover wasn't available on the site itself. (Of course, I got my money back when the mistake was discovered). Only after that I did find out that the same cover + wrong title coupling was featured everywhere on the net. I really think the editor needs to right the wrongs, so to speak LOL. Anyway, my rating applies to the "Final Friends" series conclusion, which is really what the book is about.