Eden
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4.7 • 7 Ratings
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- $14.99
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Publisher Description
WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2015. "I fool myself that Eden has a heart – that she would at least have trouble killing me..."
Most police duos run on trust, loyalty, and the desire to see killers in court. But Detective Frank Bennett's partner, the enigmatic Eden Archer, has nothing to offer him but darkness and danger. She doesn't mind catching killers – but it's not the courthouse where her justice is served.
And now Eden is about to head undercover to find three missing girls. The only link between the victims is a remote farm where the desperate go to hide and blood falls more often than rain. For Frank, the priority is to keep his partner monitored 24/7 while she’s there – but is it for Eden’s protection, or to protect their suspects from her?
Across the city at the Utulla Tip, someone is watching Hades Archer, a man whose criminal reputation is the stuff of legend. Unmasking the stalker for him might be just what Frank needs to stay out of trouble while Eden’s away.
But it's going to take a trip into Hades's past to discover the answers - and what Frank uncovers may well put everyone in danger . . .
The sequel to Candice Fox's award-winning first novel Hades (Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut 2014), Eden became a winner in its own right when it took out the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel 2015 from the Australian Crime Writers Association.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The sequel to 2014’s Hades—winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction—is an equally dark, twisted, and compelling thriller that stands on its own two feet. Eden, the daughter of career criminal Hades, lives a double life as a homicide cop and a cold-blooded vigilante who targets evil men. Told in large part from the perspective of Frank Bennett, Eden’s police partner, this bloody novel tackles parallel stories of violence, vengeance, and buried vulnerabilities. Australian writer Candice Fox is a stunning new voice who’s found a way to process her chaotic, often-scary childhood into fictional gold.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Australian author Fox's nail-biting follow-up to Hades, Sydney homicide detective Eden Archer goes undercover at a prosperous farm that employs troubled types, in order to find out what happened to three missing young women, one of whom was sleeping with the farm's owner, Jackie Rye. Meanwhile, crime lord Hades, who raised Eden, has asked her partner, Frank Bennett, to suss out information about a man who seems to be stalking him. The triple narrative is highly effective: Eden's time on Jackie's farm is dirty, wretched, and dangerous, though she maintains her cool under pressure, even when she must keep her darker proclivities in check; Frank, who resents Eden for having recently saved his life, is still reeling from a lover's death; and revelations about Hades's tragic past demonstrate that love takes many forms and motivations are complicated. Fox keeps her characters firmly in shades of gray, and it's their complexity that drives this riveting thriller, right through to the gruesome, surprising finale.
