The secondary characters are a quirky and memorable lot, easy to like, with the villains just as easy to loathe.

They happen to be the natural consequence of her job as a PI, that’s all. It can’t be all those horrible situations she seems to get into, the ones that almost kill her. Of course.Ĭharley is a smart-aleck, fast-talking, coffee-chugging woman who doesn’t understand why the men in her life can’t seem to trust her to take care of herself when she’s perfectly capable of doing just that. Right now it always seems to be when she’s asleep, so Charley has decided to not sleep again. He resents Charley’s binding him to his corporeal form, which has the unfortunate result of forcing him to come when she calls, even if it’s subconsciously.

The real mystery here, however, is how to solve the problem of Reyes–the handsome son of Satan (yes, that Satan) in mortal form. It doesn’t hurt that she can see and communicate with ghosts, or that her Uncle Bob is still a detective with the local police, or that she’s made friends with a FBI agent on the missing woman’s case. Charley is not above using her otherworldly abilities to give her advantages a regular detective wouldn’t have. The third book of the series, THIRD GRAVE DEAD AHEAD ( Amazon), Charley works to solve the mystery of a doctor’s missing wife, a man who faked his own murder, and even a few other side jobs. But she’s still mortal, and a girl’s gotta have a day job. Hers is as a private detective in New Mexico, with her dad as a business partner and her best friend Cookie as the receptionist. She’s more a portal to heaven than someone who actively reaps souls. Charley Davidson is the grim reaper–but it’s not like you think.

First grave on the right book