Title: End Over End Author: Kate Kennedy Genre: Fiction / Mystery & Suspense Description: Fourteen-year-old Ivory Towle is trapped in dangerous territory: drinking, smoking, risky relationships and a tough older crowd in a small rural New England town. Her boyfriend Blake is fifteen, her world is gritty—as are her choices—and her home life is tense. One Friday night in July, after lying about her weekend plans, Ivory walks into the darkness and never returns. Months later her body is found, her murder sending ripples of grief, suspicion, and judgement through the town. As the town reels, Kennedy pulls in dozens of voices—Ivory’s parents, teen friends, the local police, the bar crowds—each chapter offering a fragment of a community unravelling. Blake stands accused of her murder, but the truth remains elusive. Can justice ever truly be served? In this haunting portrait of loss, coming of age, and small-town America, Kennedy asks whether anyone can escape the scratch of blame, the weight of secrets, or the long-shadows of a bad decision. Key Features: A tightly-wound thriller about a teenager’s murder and its aftermath. Multi-perspective structure that gives voice to a whole community. Raw, realistic look at adolescence, danger, and the fragility of hope. Set in a rural New England town, with all its small-town claustrophobia and latent tensions. Raises provocative questions of guilt, loss, and how we view young lives slipping into harm.