4.5 stars

Fall by Candice Fox is the third installment in her series featuring detectives Eden Archer and Frank Bennett, and for me it was the best of the series.

I don't know if the narrator was getting better, or if I was getting more used to his voice, but his tone wasn't as boring as for the other books I listened to that are narrated by him (I've read maybe 5 since he seems to be the only Aussie thriller narrator, too bad...). Anyway, with the other books in the series, the riveting story counterbalanced the boring voice, but it still wasn't the best experience. In this one, I was hooked from the very beginning.

All the characters are so interesting, from Frank who doesn't know what to do with his knowledge of Eden's extracurricular activities, to Eden who is a monster chasing worse monsters, to Hades who saves a starving dog and does everything he can to protect his family. And I thought I hated Imogen in book 2, but in this one it was a whole new level of dislike. And of course the new gem of this book was Amy, whose story had me hooked from the start.

I wasn't the biggest fan of the mysteries themselves in the first 2 books, and I didn't care much for Hades' past, but Ms. Fox still made them extremely entertaining. This one was even better because all the side stories were amazing, but the main investigation was also captivating.

I loved the open ending and I definitely hope Ms. Fox revisits this series in the future (but who am I kidding, I hope she continues all of her series).