"Funny & suspenseful start to Figure Skating mystery series."

Skating researcher for 24/7 television, Bex Levy has a job many people would like to kill her for, not because it is so desirable, but because skating researchers are the ones responsible for the blurbs of information that get spoken before, after and during skating routines by the announcers. Bex has discovered that the next young figure skating legend's father isn't allowing him to go to the national competition. As the boy is on the Olympic track, it is Bex's responsibility to find out why he isn't being allowed to compete and perhaps use a little media pressure to encourage his dad to let him. Instead of merely becoming embroiled in a little "stage-parent" catfight, Bex finds herself delving deeper into a world of deception and death.

Fans of figure skating will laugh out loud at the descriptions of the skaters, attitudes, costumes and stunts. Non-fans will revel in the finely crafted mystery. Bex Levy is a great protagonist who is prone to talking to herself, putting her foot in her mouth, and slashing at people with blades of sarcasm. Alone, the humor in ON THIN ICE makes it a good book; combined with the interesting characters and suspense, it is a great book.

Reviewed by Vicky Gilpin
Posted September 20, 2004

Summary

Bex Levy has seen her share of skating stars. But thirteen- year-old Jeremy Hunt may be the best of the best, with his winning smile, flawless technique, and more talent than most skaters twice his age. So, when his strangely protective father refuses to allow him to go to Nationals, and the two vanish, Bex knows there's a better story off the ice than on.