The dirt on ninth grave

The dirt on ninth grave

Darynda Jones

Book - 2016

"In a small village in New York Charley Davidson is living as Jane Doe, a girl with no memory of who she is or where she came from. So when she is working at a diner and slowly begins to realize she can see dead people, she's more than a little taken aback. Stranger still are the people entering her life. They seem to know things about her. Things they hide with lies and half-truths. Soon, she senses something far darker. A force that wants to cause her harm, she is sure of it. Her saving grace comes in the form of a new friend she feels she can confide in and the fry cook, a devastatingly handsome man whose smile is breathtaking and touch is scalding. He stays close, and she almost feels safe with him around. But no one can outru...n their past, and the more lies that swirl around her-even from her new and trusted friends-the more disoriented she becomes, until she is confronted by a man who claims to have been sent to kill her. Sent by the darkest force in the universe. A force that absolutely will not stop until she is dead. Thankfully, she has a Rottweiler. But that doesn't help in her quest to find her identity and recover what she's lost. That will take all her courage and a touch of the power she feels flowing like electricity through her veins. She almost feels sorry for him. The devil in blue jeans. The disarming fry cook who lies with every breath he takes. She will get to the bottom of what he knows if it kills her. Or him. Either way"--

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Subjects
Davidson, Charley (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women private investigators > Fiction.
Women mediums > Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
Genres
Mystery fiction
Paranormal fiction
Published
New York : St. Martin's Press 2016.
Language
English
Main Author
Darynda Jones (-)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
viii, 326 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN
9781250074485
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Review by Booklist Review

Jones delivers a clever, fun reboot of this series, which finds Grim Reaper Charley, who has the ability to talk to the dead, suffering from amnesia and going through life as struggling waitress Janey. She has no memory of who she is or how she ended up in the café, but she is grateful for the job and her new friend, Cookie. Then her past starts reasserting itself: she is still able to converse with the dead, and she realizes that there are beings out there trying to kill her. Then there is Reyes, a customer at the café, to whom she is attracted. Is he who he claims to be? Either way, the romance delights. Jones continues to make her Grim Reaper into a layered, fascinating heroine. In its ninth installment, this series, despite its unusual premise, needed a boost, and Jones delivers that with style. Paranormal-crime fans will be pleased.--Alessio, Amy Copyright 2016 Booklist

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Jones's fast-paced ninth Charley Davidson novel (after 2015's Eighth Grave after Dark) alternates between the comical and the mystical. Charley, who's suffering from amnesia and is known as Janey, has been working as a waitress at the Firelight Grill in the Hudson River town of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. Unaware of her paranormal powers, Charley is perplexed by her ability to see dead people and understand multiple languages. Charley attempts to see the humor in her everyday life even as she feels the otherworldly forces around her. Meanwhile, she's attracted to customer Reyes Farrow and seeks to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the family of Mr. Vandenberg, a nearby shop owner. Fortunately, Charley's unexplained supernatural abilities prove beneficial to her amateur sleuthing efforts. Charley's adventures build to an apocalyptic conclusion that uncovers the true meaning of her life. Agent: Alexandra Machinist, ICM Partners. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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