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Black Fall: A Jessica Blackwood Novel
Black Fall: A Jessica Blackwood Novel
Black Fall: A Jessica Blackwood Novel
Audiobook11 hours

Black Fall: A Jessica Blackwood Novel

Written by Andrew Mayne

Narrated by Jennifer O'Donnell and Fred Berman

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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About this audiobook

“Enthralling . . . . The author, a professional magician, makes the impossible seem probable in this twisty, clever treat.” —Publishers Weekly

In Black Fall, the third book in the ITW Award-nominated mystery series, magician-turned-FBI agent Jessica Blackwood investigates a series of seemingly unrelated, but equally bizarre and sinister, crimes that lead her to the Colorado desert and a town that has, simply, disappeared.

With two big cases under her belt, FBI Agent Jessica Blackwood is learning to embrace her unconventional past as the rising star in a family dynasty of illusionists. Her talent and experience endow her with a unique understanding of the power and potential of deception, and a gift for knowing when things are not always as they appear to be. Once resenting her eccentric grandfather, a brilliant magician in his own right, Jessica now sees him as a mentor and regularly seeks his advice about her work.

But Jessica’s routine surveillance operation becomes a fight for survival when a disturbed young woman, clutching a baby, shows up at the stake-out location and threatens to kill her child. On the same day, an hour after a severe earthquake rocks the eastern seaboard, a strange video goes viral. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Devon has been dead for eight years, yet here he is on camera, predicting the location and date of the earthquake. Jessica is put on the case by her boss, Dr. Ailes, but when Detective Aileen Lewis reports that they’ve found a Jane Doe who matches her description of her attacker, she’s torn between professional duty and a personal desire to find out who the woman was, and why she was killed.

The investigations pull her in very different directions—until they start to converge, leading Jessica to confront something darker, and more powerful, than anyone expected. Something so twisted, only one person could be behind it…the Warlock.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperAudio
Release dateMar 21, 2017
ISBN9780062660015
Black Fall: A Jessica Blackwood Novel
Author

Andrew Mayne

Andrew Mayne started his first illusion tour while he was a teenager and was soon headlining in resorts and casinos around the world. He’s worked behind the scenes creatively for David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, and David Blaine. With the support of talk show host and amateur magician Johnny Carson, Andrew started a program to use magic to teach critical thinking skills in public schools for the James Randi Educational Foundation. Andrew’s “Wizard School” segments, teaching magic and science to children, aired nationwide on public television. He also starred in the reality show Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    okki 1st of all, WHERE IS THE NEXT BOOK.... T.T
    2ndly OMG this book was really good and the scale of the plot was epic, kinda wished it had more info toward the end as it felt a bit rushed but never the less I have loved it plus that ENDING (rude author ^^)
    i really can't wait for the next book, hopefully it won't take too long T.T
    Also I HIGHLY recommend this series to anyone who is a fan of Magic and Crime ^^
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    End game for the Red Chain. A disappearing town, assaults on the White House and a disrupted power grid are parts of the plan; as a religious cult tries to create anarchy. As usual, Jessica Blackwood, the FBI's resident witch needs to separate illusion from reality. Fittingly, the story begins and ends quietly in the same desolate location. A most excellent triptych to introduce us to Jessica. Hopefully, Andrew Mayne will find other fertile venues for her unique skills.