Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones

Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones ISBN 9780312360818

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I know that most of the time I am easily amused and that my tastes in fiction lie towards the light humor sort of things.  The way I figure it, life is hard enough; I really don’t need to read about it.  For me, reading is escapism and when I want to escape … let me read well written fluff.

The second installment in the Charley Davidson, grim reaper, series was great and if you are looking for something with humor and romance and some mystery on the side.  This is it!

Charley is a private investigator who has the most unusual set of snitches — ghosts.  She has always been able to  speak to ghosts even before she could speak.

Cookie, Charley’s best friend and receptionist, wakes her up one night and drags her to an all night diner to meet Cookie’s friend Mimi who needs to hire Charley.  However, when they get to the diner there are only about 4 people at the diner and just 2 of them are living and the other two work there.  They find a cryptic note in the bathroom and that starts them on a merry chase of missing people and dead bodies dating back to high school days.

Reyes is still in the picture — but since he has escaped from prison he has gone missing.  Charley has been looking for him and has been unable to track him down.  She learns that he has been captured by demons and she truly wants to help but he refuses her aid for she is the portal to heaven and she is the one that the demons want.

This is an action packed adventure with great characters and a strong story line.  A series I definitely recommend.

 

Book Description

Release Date: August 16, 2011

Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper Extraordinaire, is back in this sexy, suspenseful novel of supernatural shenanigans

When Charley is rudely awakened in the middle of the night by her best friend who tells her to get dressed quickly and tosses clothes out of the closet at her, she can’t help but wonder what Cookie’s up to. Leather scrunch boots with a floral miniskirt? Together? Seriously? Cookie explains that a friend of hers named Mimi disappeared five days earlier and that she just got a text from her setting up a meet at a coffee shop downtown. They show up at the coffee shop, but no Mimi. But Charley finds a message on the bathroom wall. Mimi left a clue, a woman’s name. Mimi’s husband explains that his wife had been acting strange since she found out an old friend of hers from high school had been found murdered a couple weeks prior. The same woman Mimi had named in her message.

Meanwhile, Reyes Alexander Farrow (otherwise known as the Son of Satan. Yes. Literally) has left his corporeal body and is haunting Charley. He’s left his body because he’s being tortured by demons who want to lure Charley closer. But Reyes can’t let that happen. Because if the demons get to Charley, they’ll have a portal to heaven. And if they have a portal to heaven…well, let’s just say it wouldn’t be pretty. Can Charley handle hot nights with Reyes and even hotter days tracking down a missing woman? Will Cookie ever get a true fashion sense? And is there enough coffee and chocolate in the world to fuel them as they do?Here is your signpost for the most hilarious read of the summer: Second Grave On The Left.

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