Don't Let Go

The Tyack & Frayne Mysteries, Book 3

By: Harper Fox

Narrated by: Tim Gilbert

Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's Summary

What's haunting Lee Tyack? He's moved in with Gideon Frayne, and they're both loving their new lives. But the shadow is still there - a voice from hell that torments clairvoyant Lee, and which even the pragmatic copper Gideon can hear.

Gideon's determined to protect his lover. But after a serious injury on duty, Gideon finds out the hard way that he needs protection too. His job's on the line and he's scared. Worst of all, he thinks he knows who that voice belongs to - and he can't stop Lee from heading off to confront this most terrifying ghost from his past.

When the full spring moon rises over Cornwall's rugged coast, and the veil between the worlds grows thin, Tyack and Frayne must join forces to solve a decades-old mystery that still has the power to tear their world apart.

©2014 Harper Fox (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Way to many "Lube" scenes.

The story line was great and the narrator was great, but the male on male sex scenes were way to much. Couldn't leave on while I worked or around house. Very graphic and pornographic. I could have gone without all the talk of what went were and what needed lubed up first. Alot of different ways author could have expressed their love for each other besides this way.

Another odd installment

I liked a lot of this one but it kind of frayed for a while. Lee & Gideon continue with their ghostly adventures, playful romps. and odd family interactions. And can we talk about how Lee is the psychic but Gideon seems to do 60% of the ghostly interactions? That’s odd. Not wrong, but that the characters run about mostly ignoring Gideon’s serious psychic encounters while accepting that they happen is an odd thing for them to almost never discuss. It’s getting frustrating. I think this (book 3) made more sense than book 1 but the way the climactic scene played out didn’t jibe for me. There’s a big scene around a mystical place near Lee’s family home where Lee’s production team is filming and a bunch of stuff happened that kind of made sense to me and kind of didn’t. There is an attempt to show the same event manifesting in different ways to different people without everyone being clued in and it didn’t quite work for me. It was just weird, and not all was good weird. I don’t recommend against this one, just maybe don’t start with this book.

(Possible spoiler in this paragraph but I try to make it vague enough to not be a true spoiler) This author seems to be a big fan of people holding on to undeserved guilt and I am not such a fan. Fortunately, the author also usually gets someone to verbally assuage that guilt. Especially in *fiction*, some characters just need killing and those that perform this as a civic duty should feel better about it than they are allowed to here. A clear & present & persistent danger needs to be dealt with using available effective options. (/end spoiler-ish bits)

Having recently read several books from this author, I found a lot of this book (injured officer in hospital & recovery in particular) overlapped in my mind with the characters & plot of Half Moon Chambers almost as if one was the draft for the other. Or they grew from the same seeds. 😐

Steam: medium. Gideon & Lee enjoy each other so the explicit M/M sexytimes are tumbled joyfully throughout.

Narration: Not sure if it was the recording or my bluetooth speaker, but the audio volume was inconsistent mid-book, fading in & out. I think it was the recording because it happened most around & during the voicing of one particular character. Some of it was a bit garbled.

Deeper depths

I honestly avoided this series when it started popping up but it has pleasantly surprised me at every turn. This installment has been just as good if not better than the first. I adore not only the story but also the mystical and historical aspects.

Beautiful

Another really good book in the series. I really think this series is getting better and better. I love these two as a couple.

Beautiful, low angst romance with unexplained paranormal ghostly stuff, slightly scary and creepy and the beautiful setting of Cornwall :)

always a good story

the story was good, I had a difficult time hearing the story in my vehicle but not my house. at times Gid gets on my nerves when it comes to Lee, and Lee can be annoying as hell. but they do work well together. I do love that we meet Zeke. he's becoming my favorite.

Love this series!

I'm loving this series so much!

I was so happy when I saw that this book was a bit longer than the previous ones, there's just never enough of Lee and Gideon.

Gideon and Lee have now moved in with each other and are happily bobbing along with the everyday stuff, their work, managing to get the wallpaper upside down, and you know - life. They are living life with all the bumps that comes along with being a psychic and working as a copper in a small town.

Don't Let Go delves deeper into the long forgotten past. A past that has been long buried and the ghosts disturbed might just come back to haunt our two favourite people. But more than that, we get to know them on a much deeper level than we already do. Questions we have are answered and new friendships are formed and old relationships are mended.

I am going to be honest with you. You don't read this series for the awesome mysteries, because frankly they can be a bit so so. You read (devour) these books for the feel of them. That creepy, yet cosy feeling Fox somehow manages to create. You read it for the wonderful characters, the amazing sense of place and just about everything about them. And they are highly addictive, so make sure you have the next book ready to go before finishing the last one!

Once again Tim Gilbert did an amazing job narrating this book. He makes you feel like you're a part of the story. You are one of the characters in the book, you are there for the adventures, and you are most definitely there yelling at Gideon for being a stubborn ass. And you will have a great time doing it.

If you haven't already, pick this series up now. I promise you won't regret it!

A copy of this book was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review for Love Bytes

The love story continues

As time passes Lee and Gideon just fall more and more in love. They move in with one another, and are fusing their lives together more and more. I love their relationship and the way they look out for one another... mind, body and soul. This was yet again another exciting story with their adventures. Just keeps getting better and better. Narration was great as always.

Wonderful Paranormal Story!!

Ooooh, spooky!

This one has a really cool ghost story, and really nice advancement of the characters.

Audio beautifully performed by Tim Gilbert.

a continued story

the story continues from the other books. I enjoy this pair as a couple I find they compliment each other very well. the mystery and paranormal that these books take you through is really interesting as well.

These get better each book!

This book was fabulous! My favourite so far. I definitely recommend this series.

The stories are fast-paced, quick mysteries with romance and relationship as the central points, but with a satisfying amount of paranormal in them.

Same complaint about the narrator—not keeping voices straight, and starting to make women sound goofy.

Each story gets even better

A lot of suspense and tension, danger and anger and love and even more of spirits and mystery or is that only a dream? The characters develop further and are becoming more complex after some mysteries of the pasts are resolved. But for all what becomes clearer more parts of the story unravel to be carried forward to keep the reader intrigued and interested. And add some wit and humour to it and it becomes even more enjoyable to listen.

Doesn’t work

Didn’t hang together.. I was unconvinced by the story … erratic … needs a complete rewrite… and rethink narration.
Good in parts…

Enjoyable Story

The concept is interesting and well written. The characters are likeable and the narration is good.

Disappointment

Being stubborn, getting wounded and refusing painkillers and medical attention is in many romances presented as being a true hero. But a pig headed stubborn idiot just annoys me. On top of that, the technical quality was bad. The ambient sound is wrong and the track is distorted. The narrator's voice moves forward, backward, to the left, to the right, gets louder and softer.
One last complaint: to perform the growly voice of Gideon, TG strained his voice to the point where he was unable to add any emotion or variation in his voice.

Some scary moments

Ghosts laid to rest and a step nearer to the copper and the clairvoyant getting together and on this fascinating story goes, if your not hooked you should be.

Cornish perfection

Characters completely fleshed out. Made me what to visit Devon. Made me laugh and cry. Well done

Amazing as ever!

Always heart warming to return to this series from Fox. Lovely installment from our two romantic heroes.

Marvellous

I’ve listened to all the books in the series back to back and thoroughly enjoyed everyone of them. Tim Gilbert has done an amazing job with the narration and has brought them to life for me.