Foxe Fire (Skyler Foxe Mysteries #4)

Title: Foxe Fire (Skyler Foxe Mysteries #4)
Author: Haley Walsh and Joel Leslie (Narrator)
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: February 4th 2016
Genre(s): M/M Contemporary Mystery / Romance
Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
Reviewed by: Belen
Heat Level: 3.5 flames out of 5
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Blurb:

Can out-and-proud high school teacher Skyler Foxe find the Redlands firebug before he falls prey to a killer?

High school English teacher Skyler Foxe is now out and proud, even though a few months ago he had no intention of being so. But since the cat is now out of the bag, he embraces it as well as his boyfriend, head football coach, Keith Fletcher. But who is that good-looking gay parent hanging around Keith, causing mischief at the school as well as in Skyler’s private life? And then someone from Skyler’s past returns, stirring up trouble. Add to that a firebug and suddenly everyone seems up to no good, especially when a smoldering corpse is found outside of the local gay bar. Skyler can’t help himself and he gets up to his old sleuthing tricks once more.

My favorite TSTL English teacher / amateur sleuth Skyler Foxe is back! This series is just plain fun to listen to. Part of that is due to the wonderful performance of narrator Joel Leslie, but mostly it’s due to Haley Walsh dependably writing interesting characters and plots.

Foxe Fire has multiple plots happening, including a firebug in Redlands and a couple of murders, both of which Sklyer Foxe insinuates himself into the middle of once again. I swear, if this character wasn’t so damn likable, I’d wish he was real just so I could strangle him to death. The situations he gets himself into. Seriously TSTL. But Walsh makes it fun to read/listen to Skyler’s latest shenanigans, and, of course, Skyler’s friends from the SFC (“Skyler Fuck Club”) are around to wade into the deep end with him. There is such a great ensemble cast to these stories.

My only negative was the miscommunication between Skyler and boyfriend Keith that drove me a little insane and took a while to clear up. Otherwise, this was just good fun.

As for the narration, one of the things about Joel Leslie that consistently fascinates and amazes me is just how many distinct character voices he does, and does well. I love how immersive his narration is, drawing me into each story and keeping my interest until “the end”. He’s reliably entertaining to listen to and I always enjoy his performance.

Bottom line: Fun, silly, humorous, sexy, and sometimes over the top, this mystery series keeps getting better with one of the most endearing TSTL characters who manages to keep growing on me.

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