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Hades

By: Candice Fox
Narrated by: Lani John Tupu
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Publisher's summary

Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut.

The killer is in sight, but who is behind you?

Homicide detective Frank Bennett feels like the luckiest man on the force when he meets his new partner, the dark and beautiful Eden Archer. But there’s something strange about Eden and her brother, Eric. Something he can’t quite put his finger on.

At first, as they race to catch a very different kind of serial killer, his partner’s sharp instincts come in handy. But soon Frank’s wondering if she’s as dangerous as the man they hunt.

©2014 Candice Fox (P)2016 W.F. Howes Ltd

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"The arrival of an important new voice in crime fiction...breath-taking." (Sydney Morning Herald)

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Dark, Different and Intriging

Another gem found among the pebbles! Candice Fox is a new author to me and one that I will definitely follow. In fact, I already have the next one in this series on my phone and can hardly wait to get started on it.

But I knocked a star off because of some formatting choices that I think the editors/author thought would enhance the listening experience, for me it was just distracting.

There were multiple perspective shifts in each chapter but rarely were they delineated in any understandable way. Perhaps it was meant to keep the listeners on our toes but mostly it was just frustrating.

Eden and Eric Archer , brother and sister, witnessed the murders of their parents. The men who killed them botched what was supposed to be a kidnapping for ransom. So there they are .... stuck with two kids who now have no relatives to pay ransom. The men decide to take the kids to Hades ... the man who can 'fix' things...and make things disappear. Like bodies.

Hades cannot kill innocent children ...even evil-doers sometimes have a line they won't cross. So he decides to keep them as his own.
The Archers are now detectives, but they have secrets they don't share with anyone else. Following the death of her partner, Eden has a new partner ... Frank Bennett, who finds Eden attractive ...but mysterious. Eric doesn't like his sister's new partner and doesn't hesitate to let him know.

When a series of murders take place, Eden and Frank, are the lead detectives. Frank accidentally sees something of Eden's that makes him start looking deeper into her life. He finds it's like looking into the abyss and getting lost.

To add anything else at this point would be giving too many spoilers, so I will only add that there are so many unexpected twists and turns that I just could not put this one down. The ending just about blew me away!

Lani John Tupu was outstanding with the delivery of the story

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