I’m a fan of the Jessica Blackwood books in general. But by the third book, certain issues have me obsessing more on what’s wrong than what’s right. I won’t even bring up that the beats of the plot and character challenges are exactly the same from book to book because, let’s face it, that happens a lot in these types of thrillers. Except I can’t think of another series quite where it’s such a template. Again, that’s not even what I have a problem with. Or I should say I’m not faulting Andrew Ma...

Good thriller with our protagonist, now in the FBI, formerly a cop, and raised by a well-known magician, bringing her many skills to bear on a complicated case. The beginning is a tad slow but the book really picks up at the mid-way point once the disparate pieces of the story start to really take off. The main character is a delight; she has so much going for and against her that it's worth reading just to figure out what she is going to do next within the parameters of the story. This plot is

Due to the vagaries of eBook pricing, I read this book without the benefit of either of its predecessors. I was overall impressed. The author filled us in on the necessary bits of Jessica's life without sounding like a book (or police!) report. The first-person POV was pulled off pretty smoothly, and Jessica's character was likable and internally consistent as far as that goes. The side characters were two dimensional, but I won't be too judgy there. The story was reasonably well plotted and mov...

I won a copy of Black Fall from a Goodreads Giveaway.I've been reading this series from the start and always felt the premise had amazing potential. My issues had always been that the bizarre and stupendous tricks poised to stump authorities in the previous novels, forcing Jessica Blackwood's involvement in the cases were generally too unbelievable to believe.Also, I never really took to Jessica. I don't hate her or dislike her, I just don't admire her. Despite her unconventional life as the...

This could have been a good story if only Jessica was not sooooo melodramatic at every step of the way, and the story was not all the time about the bad guy trying to harm her. Any other sane law enforcement agency would have removed her from any involvement. So many implausible situations, it’s annoying. Too bad.

I actually just finished reading book 1 (Angel Killer) in this series (Why read in order?) and now I'm kind of bummed that I have no more Jessica Blackwood books to read since this series have become a personal favorite of mine. Each book has stories that it will take ex-magician now FBI agent Jessica Blackwood to solve since the bureau needs someone that can think outside the box and that she can.Black Fall has the best opening of all the three books I have read, with the missing town in Colora...

Andrew Mayne offers a unique spin on crime thrillers in both series I have read. There’s an electricity in the ‘off the beaten path’ aspect, something I highly enjoy and is sure to engage the reader throughout. In this third full-length novel, Jessica Blackwood is forced to wrap her head around a series of random events, all of which are tied to a long-dead academic’s apparent recorded prediction. Additionally, she’s targeted for murder again and must wrestle with the understanding that she has

First Sentence: When she saw the telephone pole with the yellow plastic base again, Olivia Fletcher slammed on the brakes of her mail truck, bringing it to a skidding halt. FBI Agent Jessica Blackwood’s boredom on stakeout is irrevocably broken by a woman appearing at the door threatening to kill the baby she’s holding. The same day a major earthquake hits the East Coast, and a video is televised of well-known Peter Devon, dead for eight years, predicting the location and date of the earthquake,...

Once again the most magnificent, stupendous, heroine FBI Agent of our day has saved the United States from the bad guys. She pulls her gun plenty of times in this book but never, ever, has to pull the trigger. She gets stabbed, leaves the hospital early, and still manages all this with some mild discomfort. She is still as humble as Mother Teresa downplaying all recognition for her unsupervised heroic deeds because her only drive in life is to; "get the bad guys". To do this she will habitually

I have been reading this series from the beginning and was eagerly awaiting the next book featuring Jessica Blackwood. Black Fall definitely didn't disappoint! This time around, Jessica gets involved in a weird convoluted case involving catastrophic predictions from a dead man and riots on the streets of Washington DC. That is just the tip of the iceberg.What I have loved most about this series is Jessica. She comes from a family of magicians and uses her knowledge and her experience to her adva...

There is something about this book, with the opening, a missing town, I really wanted to like it, however it didn't hit as good for me was the others. I hated how the world was subverted by the bad guys, hated how kids were used in this one and hated how the bad guy almost got one over on everyone.

I thought this series will end here. It was good, but not as awesome as Angel Killer. I'm intrigued how Jessica and the Warlock's battle will end.

VERDICT: 3+ stars. Weird predictions/disasters, possible Armageddon? Low-moderate realism (like Books 1 & 2), but still fun--plus some magic.

Black Fall is the best Jessica Blackwood novel yet! I loved it!! The story captured me right away and I couldn’t put it down. Our favorite magician turned FBI agent is back to solve another seemingly impossible case. After an earthquake hits the east coast, a video appears online of physicist Peter Devon correctly predicting the date and location of the earthquake. Peter has been dead for 8 years. How did he know? Did he know? Who else is involved? Is this a trick? During her investigation, Jess...

An interesting and mostly enjoyable continuation of the Jessica Blackwood series. In this one we have several storylines that eventually come together. We have a town in the middle of nowhere that simply disappears. We have an attempt on Jessica’s life. And we have predictions of terrible events coming true, but the one predicting them has been dead for years. As with the previous book, I found myself enjoying certain parts of the story, certain character interactions. But I also found myself gr...

Third book in this series ended with me wanting and hoping for the next book to come out quickly. These are fun books, no deep social message just a fun escape. Enjoy