Book: A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching A Killer

 Book: A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer

Author: Maxie Dara

Pages: 352

This is my 228th read for the year

What Amazon Says:

Murder is not her department.  It's not like it used to be.  Modern-day grim-reapers wear business casual, not black cloaks, and they don't carry scythes, they work for S.C.Y.T.H.E. (secure collection, yielding, and transportation of human essences), where the Department of Natural Causes is the least exciting gig.  And that's how Kathy Valence likes it: Boring and predictable.  She has enough stress in her personal life; she's mid-divorce, pregnant, and terrified she doesn't have what it takes to be a good mom.  Then she goes to pick up a new client and finds his soul is missing.  When she finally tracks down Conner Ortiz, he angrily insists he was murdered, and he refuses to move on until Kathy finds out why and by whom.  Kathy only has 45 days to solve the mystery before the boy's soul is doomed to raom te earth as a ghost forever.  To do that she'll have to call on the help of her retired mentor, her almost ex-husband - and invonveniently, Conner himself.  This is the wildest case of her career - and on wrong move could cost Kathy her job, not to mention her life.

This was an interesting book.  The characters are pretty well developed - I really liked Kathy's ex-husband.  Conner took some getting used to.  He is written with a really foul mouth, but he eventually tapers off, and then got to be a much better character.  Kathy was a good character - but I didn't like her as much as I wanted to.  The way she treated her ex-husband never really made sense - he was written as the nicest guy.  But she was quirky and fun on many occasions which redeemed her some.  I liked the ending. It is a bit of a cozy mystery and I am glad I read this one.

Stars: 4