Saturday, November 25, 2017

FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT by Darynda Jones



Title:  FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT
Series:  Charley Davidson #1
Author:  Darynda Jones
Publish Date:   02.01.2011
Publisher:  St. Martin’s Press
Category /Genre:  Mystery & Thrillers, Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  book received as an unedited ARC / errors excused
Received from:  St. Martin’s Press (via NetGalley as an ARC gifted copy)
Goodreads link: First Grave on the Right
Date completed: 09.12.2017; 11.23.2017

Description from the publisher:
This whole grim reaper thing should have come with a manual.
Or a diagram of some kind.
A flow chart would have been nice.
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Charley Davidson is a part-time private investigator and full-time grim reaper. Meaning, she sees dead people. Really. And it's her job to convince them to "go into the light." But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (like murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice.

Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she's been having about an entity who has been following her all her life...and it turns out he might not be dead after all. In fact, he might be something else entirely. But what does he want with Charley? And why can't she seem to resist him? And what does she have to lose by giving in?

With scorching-hot tension and high-octane humor, First Grave on the Right is your signpost to paranormal suspense of the highest order.

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FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT is the first book in the Charley Davidson series.  They do need to be read in the order of release.

A laugh-out-loud funny mystery thriller with a healthy dose of romance courtesy of Reyes, I could not put it down.  There is so much I could say about Reyes, but I don’t want to give too much away.  I leave it with he is smoking hot and I want to read more about him and Charley together.  Charley is smart, sarcastic and scarily supernatural.  Her powers are intense and have made for a lonely life.  Luckily, we are entering just when she finally is realizing that she does have people she can trust with her truths.  The supporting cast – her dad, uncle, evil stepmother, secretary/assistant, and many others – are well-developed and are perfect placed to move the story along and add richness to the tale.

This is the first book I have read from this author and I have already put the rest of this series on my “wish list.”

Note:  while I was given this book as a gifted copy, my opinions are my own and are given freely.


Charley Davidson series:
  1. First Grave on the Right
  2. Second Grave on the Left
  3. Third Grave Dead Ahead
  4. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
  5. Fifth Grave Past the Light
  6. Sixth Grave on the Edge
  7. Seventh Grave and No Body
  8. Eighth Grave After Dark
  9. The Dirt on the Ninth Grave
  10. The Curse of Tenth Grave
  11. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight
  12. The Trouble with Twelfth Grave
Also from Darynda Jones:
  • Brighter Than the Sun
  • For I Have Sinned
Darklight Series:
  1. Death and the Girl Next Door
  2. Death, Doom, and Detention
  3. Death and the Girl He Loves













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