Should I Fall
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A retired Scotland Yard Inspector races to prove the innocence of a falsely accused fugitive—his daughter’s fiancee—in this whodunnit from “a marvellous storyteller” (Michael Koryta).
When John Frankel’s ex-wife is discovered dead on the floor of his Manhattan studio apartment, the NYPD Detective instantly becomes the prime suspect in her murder. Then more information surfaces, linking his gun to the fatal bullet, a motive is discovered, and Frankel flees the city, all of which further convinces his colleagues of his guilt.
In spite of the mounting evidence, Frankel’s bride-to-be, Rachel Grant, and her father, Austin Grant, formerly of Scotland Yard, are certain of his innocence. But with the police under orders to use whatever force necessary to stop what they view as a dangerous criminal, the duo will have to act fast, before the manhunt goes violently wrong.
The investigation and relentless chase after Frankel takes them across the country, from the tropical shores of Hawaii to a deadly midnight rendezvous in a cemetery in northern Maine. And as that game of cat-and-mouse unfurls, so too does a complex murder plot with multiple victims—the ultimate solution of which will keep readers baffled and breathless until the very end.
The second mystery from Scott Shepherd, the showrunner and screenwriter whose credits include The Equalizer, The Dead Zone and Miami Vice, Should I Fall is a fast-paced and expertly-crafted whodunnit that is as puzzling as it is entertaining.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
As the wedding of British-born Rachel Grant and her fiancé, NYPD Det. John Frankel, approaches in Shepherd's middling sequel to 2021's The Last Commandment, John becomes the primary suspect in a homicide investigation when Rachel discovers his ex-wife, Julia, murdered in his Manhattan apartment. Rachel immediately enlists the help of her father, Austin Grant, a retired Scotland Yard commander, to look for evidence that will exonerate her future husband. While John evades police surveillance and leaves New York in search of answers to Julia's murder, Rachel and Austin fly to Hawaii, where Julia was living before her fateful trip to New York. The action slows to a crawl as Rachel and Austin attend a luau between fruitless interviews of various characters with little information to provide. Meanwhile, John surfaces in Maine, though why he goes there remains unexplained for too long. Overall, the plotting and structure of the story are lacking, though Shepherd's screenwriter and showrunner background suggest that with a stiff rewrite this could become a made-for-TV movie. Few readers will look forward to the next in the series.
