Although Fatal Fall is the fourth book in the Pepin View Manor mystery series, it can easily be enjoyed without having read the previous three. The small town of Mill Valley is under tight security. Reporters have moved in, searching for information on the breaking 'story of the year.' Although the assassin is in prison awaiting trial, the board members from the Corporation and the FBI mole are running scared, trying to cover any evidence of their involvement in all the deaths and kidnappings. Tyler and Beth need to stay low, away from the limelight, away from danger. Yet danger seems to have a way of seeking them out.