Into the Dark

OutFoxing the Paranormal, Book 3

By: Jordan L. Hawk

Narrated by: Tristan James

OutFoxing the Paranormal’s benefactor, Miss Montague, has a new assignment for the team: to investigate the haunted asylum Oscar’s grandmother died in. But upon arriving at the site, they find a rival duo of ghost hunters already there.

Between unexpected competitors and the murderous ghost of a former nurse, the pressure is on for Oscar to live up to his family’s heritage and lay the asylum’s ghosts to rest. Can he prove himself by putting an end to the nurse’s reign of terror, or will the asylum claim yet another victim?

©2025 Jordan L. Hawk (P)2025 Jordan L. Hawk

Awesome

Been waiting for this eagerly since I heard it was coming out. Not disappointed. Fabulous. Can't wait for the net installment.

Each book gets a bit spookier

Forgive me for another delayed review. I chose to listen (and relisten) to the audiobook even though I was given a copy of the ebook because I didn't have a chance to read the whole book before the audio came out. It was great to get back to this creepy ghost filled series and the characters that make up the ghost hunting show, OutFoxing the Paranormal.

In this third book, we revisit Oscar Fox's family history of seeing ghosts. In the last book, Oscar had to reveal to his family that he could ghosts, just like his grandma did before she was accused of being insane and committed to an asylum. The paranormal research group Oscar and Nigel are a part of are brought to the asylum in order to discover the ghosts' stories and for Oscar he wants to help the spirits move on and attain peace. But their benefactor Miss Montague has some surprises for them.

Another group of ghost hunters is also at the hospital, to compete using different tools and methods to reveal the secrets stored there. A group with a leader who has some beef with OutFoxing the Paranormal's Chris. Another surprise is that something is placed in the hospital that makes all of these characters' jobs a lot more dangerous. There is some competition in regards to the scariest ghost that inhabits the asylum. Mistakes are made and when it seems like everyone would just be better off to high tail it out of there, Nigel is taken by the ghosts and faces a nightmare particularly scary to him as a trans man.

Honestly, I was crazy scared for him, but this series is not merely a horror series. The romance aspects and LGBTQ+ themes don't lend themselves to random deaths of the main characters. This is a well-written scary ghost story and seeing the two groups work together to save Nigel and get rid of the evil ghost makes me hope that they might meet up again. The benefactor hopefully will have learned some lessons as well.

If you're not too creeped out by ghosts, this series is great for those who like some suspense and chills. The narration by Tristan James is great as well.

It only gets better.

Love Jordan's wicked imagination and Tristan's smooth voice acting. They both are stellar individually but together? Unparalleled! Can't wait for book 4!

DNF at 30%

JLH is a strong writer, but this trilogy has been…not good. I hope he redirects his energy to other books.

Overall this was fine

I haven't enjoyed the subsequent stories as much as I enjoyed the first book in the series, and I'm honestly not sure why. Maybe b/c the stories are suspense-/investigation-focused and the queer romance is like a secondary or even tertiary storyline? I'm not sure. The stories are well written though! 3.5 stars (rounded up to minimize effect on the overall rating)