New Releases by Darynda Jones

A Library Reads Pick The blockbuster conclusion to the bestselling Sunshine Vicram trilogy Some people greet the day with open arms. Sheriff Sunshine Vicram would rather give it a hearty shove and get back into bed, because there’s just too much going on right now. There’s a series of women going missing, and Sunny feels powerless to stop it. There’s her persistent and awesomely-rebellious daughter Auri, who’s out to singlehandedly become Del Sol’s youngest and fiercest investigator. And then there’s drama with Levi Ravinder—the guy she’s loved and lusted after for years. The guy who might just be her one and only. The guy who comes from a family of disingenuous vipers looking to oust him—and Sunshine—for good. Like we said, the new day can take a hike. Compulsively readable, laugh-out-loud funny, and brimming with big-hearted characters, A Hard Day for a Hangover will have readers cheering to the very last page. "Fans will be delighted." -Publishers Weekly

From the New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones comes the second novel in her laugh-out-loud Sunshine Vicram mystery series, A Good Day for Chardonnay. Running a small-town police force in the mountains of New Mexico should be a smooth, carefree kind of job. Sadly, full-time Sheriff—and even fuller-time coffee guzzler—Sunshine Vicram, didn’t get that memo. All Sunshine really wants is one easy-going day. You know, the kind that starts with coffee and a donut (or three) and ends with take-out pizza and a glass of chardonnay (or seven). Turns out, that’s about as easy as switching to decaf. (What kind of people do that? And who hurt them?) Before she can say iced mocha latte, Sunny’s got a bar fight gone bad, a teenage daughter hunting a serial killer and, oh yes, the still unresolved mystery of her own abduction years prior. All evidence points to a local distiller, a dangerous bad boy named Levi Ravinder, but Sun knows he’s not the villain of her story. Still, perhaps beneath it all, he possesses the keys to her disappearance. At the very least, beneath it all, he possesses a serious set of abs. She’s seen it. Once. Accidentally. Between policing a town her hunky chief deputy calls four cents short of a nickel, that pesky crush she has on Levi which seems to grow exponentially every day, and an irascible raccoon that just doesn’t know when to quit, Sunny’s life is about to rocket to a whole new level of crazy. Yep, definitely a good day for chardonnay. Praise for the Sunshine Vicram series "Laugh-out-loud funny, intensely suspenseful, page-turning fun."--New York Times Bestselling author Allison Brennan "A Bad Day For Sunshine is a great day for the rest of us."--New York Times bestselling author Lee Child *Best of Suspense Magazine 2021*

New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones is back with the first novel in the brand-new snarky, sassy, wickedly fun Sunshine Vicram series—A Bad Day for Sunshine! "Laugh-out-loud funny, intensely suspenseful, page-turning fun."—New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan "A Bad Day For Sunshine is a great day for the rest of us."—New York Times bestselling author Lee Child Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o’ joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national attention for a kidnapper on the loose. Del Sol, New Mexico is known for three things: its fry-an-egg-on-the-cement summers, strong cups of coffee—and, now, a nationwide manhunt? Del Sol native Sunshine Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff—thanks to her adorably meddlesome parents who nominated her—and she expects her biggest crime wave to involve an elderly flasher named Doug. But a teenage girl is missing, a kidnapper is on the loose, and all of this is reminding Sunshine why she left Del Sol in the first place. Add to that the trouble at her daughter’s new school, plus and a kidnapped prized rooster named Puff Daddy, and, well, the forecast looks anything but sunny. But even clouds have their silver linings. This one''s got Levi, Sunshine''s sexy, almost-old-flame, and a fiery-hot US Marshal. With temperatures rising everywhere she turns, Del Sol''s normally cool-minded sheriff is finding herself knee-deep in drama and danger. Can Sunshine face the call of duty—and find the kidnapper who''s terrorizing her beloved hometown—without falling head over high heels in love...or worse?

Cent sept ans, deux mois, quatorze jours, douze heures et trente-trois minutes... Plus d''un siècle dans le noir, entourée de spectres, tout ça pour avoir ramené une innocente d''entre les morts. De quoi devenir dingue ou presque, mais pas non plus l''éternité à laquelle Charley était condamnée. Alors pourquoi est-elle revenue sur Terre ? Qu''est-il arrivé à Reyes ? À Pépin ? À leur dimension ? Et pourquoi ces nouvelles questions au sujet de la mort de sa mère ? Et du rôle de l''oncle Bob ? Et où est la machine à café ? « Drôle et attachante, sexy et surprenante, Charley Davidson a tout pour plaire. À lire absolument ! Personnellement, j''attends déjà le prochain tome... » J.R. Ward, auteure de La Confrérie de la dague noire

Mon nom c''est Charley et je suis la Faucheuse. Les morts, je connais : j''en vois depuis que je suis née. Des fois, je les aide à faire des trucs du genre laisser un mot à leurs proches ou traquer leur assassin... Ca tombe bien parce que je suis aussi détective privée ! Pratique, non ? Ce qui l''est moins, c''est que les gens autour de moi ont du mal à y croire. Comme Swopes, l''agent avec qui je bosse : je voudrais qu''il me lâche un peu la grappe. Cela dit, je pourrais le gérer si je n''avais pas d''autres chats à fouetter... comme ce bel inconnu qui vient me rendre visite toutes les nuits dans des rêves torrides et dont j''aimerais bien découvrir l''identité...

Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the final installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series--Summoned to Thirteenth Grave. Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper extraordinaire, is pissed. She’s been kicked off the earthly plane for eternity –which is exactly the amount of time it takes to make a person stark, raving mad. But someone’s looking out for her, and she’s allowed to return after a mere hundred years in exile. Is it too much to hope for that not much has changed? Apparently it is. Bummer. She’s missed her daughter. She’s missed Reyes. She’s missed Cookie and Garrett and Uncle Bob. But now that she’s back on earth, it’s time to put to rest burning questions that need answers. What happened to her mother? How did she really die? Who killed her? And are cupcakes or coffee the best medicine for a broken heart? It all comes to a head in an epic showdown between good and evil in this final smart and hilarious novel.

Vous savez, ces mauvaises choses qui arrivent aux gens bien ? C''est moi. Depuis qu''il s''est échappé des enfers où Charley l''avait emprisonné par accident, Reyes, réduit à l''état de démon, n''a plus qu''une idée en tête : détruire l''univers. Et si ce n''était pas assez de devoir l''en empêcher, Charley a un meurtre à dissimuler, deux apprentis détectives à surveiller, et des prêtres un peu trop curieux au sujet de sa fille à éviter... Quand les humains capables de voir le surnaturel commencent à disparaître, le nouvel alter ego de son mari est le premier suspect. Pour sauver le monde qu''elle a revendiqué, Charley devra-t-elle sacrifier l''homme qu''elle aime depuis l''aube des temps ? « Hilarant et émouvant, sexy et surprenant. Indispensable ! » J.R. Ward, auteure de La Confrérie de la dague noire

Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the twelfth installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series, The Trouble with Twelfth Grave. Ever since Reyes Farrow escaped from a hell dimension in which Charley Davidson accidentally trapped him, the son of Satan has been brimstone-bent on destroying the world his heavenly Brother created. His volatile tendencies have put Charley in a bit of a pickle. But that’s not the only briny vegetable on her plate. While trying to domesticate the feral being that used to be her husband, she also has to deal with her everyday life of annoying all manner of beings—some corporeal, some not so much—as she struggles to right the wrongs of society. Only this time she’s not uncovering a murder. This time she’s covering one up. Add to that her new occupation of keeping a startup PI venture—the indomitable mystery-solving team of Amber Kowalski and Quentin Rutherford—out of trouble and dealing with the Vatican’s inquiries into her beloved daughter, and Charley is on the brink of throwing in the towel and becoming a professional shopper. Or possibly a live mannequin. But when someone starts attacking humans who are sensitive to the supernatural world, Charley knows it’s time to let loose her razor sharp claws. Then again, her number one suspect is the dark entity she’s loved for centuries. So the question becomes: Can she tame the unruly beast before it destroys everything she’s worked so hard to protect?

Pour Charley Davidson, une journée typique comprend des maris infidèles, des personnes disparues, des hommes d''affaires véreux... et des démons, des dieux maléfiques et des gens morts. Beaucoup, beaucoup de gens morts. Détective privé à temps partiel et Faucheuse à plein temps, Charley doit également apprendre à vivre avec sa nouvelle condition de déesse toute-puissante et mère de la sauveuse de l''univers. Les forces de l''enfer sont prêtes à tout pour la détruire, et entre les morts qui l''entourent et ceux qui voudraient la voir morte, Charley a fort à faire. Mais avec le fils de Satan à ses côtés, la Faucheuse pourrait bien avoir le dernier mot. « Hilarant et émouvant, sexy et surprenant. Indispensable ! » J.R. Ward, auteure de La Confrérie de la dague noire

Détective privé à temps partiel et Faucheuse à plein temps, Charley Davidson s''est toujours posée d''innombrables questions : pourquoi je vois des gens morts ? Qui est le beau gosse surnaturel qui me suit partout ? Comment je fais pour enlever le chewing-gum des cheveux de ma soeur avant qu''elle se réveille ? Mais « comment je fais pour piéger trois dieux différents ? », c''est nouveau. Et comme ces dieux ont pour but de tuer sa fille, pas d''hésitation ! Pourtant, l''un de ces dieux a volé son coeur il y a longtemps. Est-il trop tard pour le ramener dans le droit chemin ? Avec une fugitive, un homme accusé du meurtre d''une femme toujours en vie, et un pendentif en verre qui met le monde surnaturel dans tous ses états sur les bras, Charley a fort à faire pour sauver le monde... « Hilarant et émouvant, sexy et surprenant. Indispensable ! » J.R. Ward, auteure de La Confrérie de la dague noire

Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in Eleventh Grave in Moonlight, the latest installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series. My entire life can be summed up in one sentence: “Well, that didn’t go as planned.” —T-Shirt A typical day in the life of Charley Davidson involves cheating husbands, errant wives, missing people, philandering business owners, and, oh yeah...demons, hell hounds, evil gods, and dead people. Lots and lots of dead people. As a part time Private Investigator and full-time Grim Reaper, Charley has to balance the good, the bad, the undead, and those who want her dead. Now, Charley is learning to make peace with the fact that she is a goddess with all kinds of power and that her own daughter has been born to save the world from total destruction. But the forces of hell are determined to see Charley banished forever to the darkest corners of another dimension. With the son of Satan himself as her husband and world-rocking lover, will Charley be able to defeat the ultimate evil and find a way to have her happily ever after after all?

Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the tenth installment of Darynda Jones'' New York Times bestselling paranormal series.

Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the ninth installment of Darynda Jones'' New York Times bestselling paranormal series, The Dirt on Ninth Grave In a small village in New York lives 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 outrun 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.

VOUS SAVEZ, CES MAUVAISES CHOSES QUI ARRIVENT AUX GENS BIEN ? C''EST MOI. Douze chiens de l''enfer se sont échappés. Leur but : me tuer, moi, charley Davidson, faucheuse hors du commun et détective privée à mes heures, et rapporter mon cadavre à Satan. Mais j''ai d''autres chats à fouetter : comme mon père disparu alors qu''il menait une enquête des plus étranges ou encore mon ex-meilleure amie qui me hante nuit et jour, une épidémie de suicides qui laisse les autorités perplexes et mon fiancé qui s''est attiré les faveurs d''une célébrité locale... Le moins qu''on puisse dire c''est que je ne passe pas la meilleure semaine de ma vie.

Vous savez, ces mauvaises choses qui arrivent aux gens bien ? C’est moi. Être Faucheuse, c’est glauque. Et détective privée, dangereux. On peut dire que je cumule. C’est pour ça que j’ai décidé de prendre un peu de temps pour moi. Rien de tel que passer quelques commandes au télé-achat pour reprendre du poil de la bête. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi Cookie en fait tout un plat ! Ce n’est pas comme si on manquait d’argent : Reyes Farrow, le très chaud fils de Satan, m’en doit plein. Cela dit, pour lui demander de régler sa dette, il faudrait que je sorte de chez moi... Mais avec un pyromane qui met le feu, littéralement, à Albuquerque, et cette femme qui a besoin de mes services parce qu’on cherche à l’assassiner, je préférerais rester en pyjama.

There''s holy hell to pay for Charley Davidson in Eighth Grave After Dark, the New York Times bestseller from Darynda Jones. With twelve hellhounds after her, pregnant Charley Davidson takes refuge at the only place she thinks they can''t get to her: the grounds of an abandoned convent. But after months of being cooped up there, Charley is ready to pop. Both metaphorically and literally since she is now roughly the size of a beached whale. Fortunately, a new case has captured her attention, one that involves a murder on the very grounds the team has taken shelter upon. A decades-old murder of the newly-vowed nun she keeps seeing in the shadows is almost enough to pull her out of her doldrums. Charley''s been forbidden to step foot off the sacred grounds. While the angry hellhounds can''t traverse the consecrated soil, they can lurk just beyond its borders. They have the entire team on edge, especially Reyes. And if Charley didn''t know better, she would swear Reyes is getting sick. He grows hotter with every moment that passes, his heat scorching across her skin every time he''s near, but naturally he swears he''s fine. While the team searches for clues on the Twelve, Charley just wants answers and is powerless to get them. But the mass of friends they''ve accrued helps. They convince her even more that everyone in her recent life has somehow been drawn to her, as though they were a part of a bigger picture all along. But the good feelings don''t last for long because Charley is about to get the surprise of her crazy, mixed-up, supernatural life....

La plupart des filles y réfléchiraient à deux fois avant de se fiancer à Reyes Farrow... Je ne suis pas comme la plupart des filles. Il est le fils unique du diable et moi une faucheuse en formation accro au café. Ce qui devrait nous rendre incompatibles. Et même ennemis. Mais il est aussi ténébreux, sensuel, sexy à se damner et tout ce dont j''ai jamais rêvé. Et je suis aussi détective privée. Alors quand un fichier du FBI concernant l''enfance de Reyes me tombe entre les mains... je sais que je ne devrais pas l''ouvrir. Sauf que je ne peux pas m''en empêcher. Et ça, c''est une très mauvaise idée !

The New York Times bestseller from Darynda Jones, Seventh Grave and No Body, puts Charley Davidson in the line of more fires than she may be able to handle... Twelve. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip out the jugular of Charley Davidson and serve her lifeless, mangled body to Satan for dinner. So there''s that. But Charley has more on her plate than a mob of testy hellhounds. For one thing, her father has disappeared, and the more she retraces his last steps, the more she learns he was conducting an investigation of his own, one that has Charley questioning everything she''s ever known about him. Add to that an ex-BFF who is haunting her night and day, a rash of suicides that has authorities baffled, and a drop-dead sexy fiancé who has attracted the attentions of a local celebrity, and Charley is not having the best week of her life. But all of that combined barely scratches the surface of her problems. Recent developments—and a few distressing prophesies—have forced her to become a responsible adult. Exactly the kind of adult she''s never aspired to be. To conquer such a monumental task, she''s decided to start small. Really small. She gets a pet. But how can she save the world against the forces of evil when she can''t even keep a goldfish alive? A tad north of hell, a hop, skip, and a jump past the realm of eternity, is a little place called Earth, and Charley Davidson, grim reaper extraordinaire, is determined to do everything in her power to protect it. We''re doomed.

Detective del paranormale, insuperabile cacciatrice di anime... Charley Davidson è tornata! E sta ingurgitando quantità enormi di caffeina per restare sveglia, perché ogni volta che chiude gli occhi vede lui: Reyes Farrow, il figlio di Satana metà umano e metà supermodello, che la conduce in qualche avventura sensuale. La soluzione? Non chiudere occhio, costi quel che costi. Avrà anche imprigionato Reyes per l’eternità, ma come può riuscire a risolvere un caso di scomparsa, occuparsi di un dottore “egomaniaco”, calmare il padre brontolone, e affrontare una banda di motociclisti intenzionati a commettere un omicidio, se il figlio del diavolo non vuole proprio arrendersi con i suoi piani di seduzione... e di vendetta? Dalla penna irriverente di Darynda Jones, autrice bestseller per New York Times e Usa Today, tornano le dis-avventure dell’investigatrice più sarcastica, pazza e coraggiosa della narrativa paranormal.

Charley Davidson—part-time private investigator and full-time Grim Reaper—returns in the New York Times bestseller, Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones. Sometimes I wrestle my demons. Sometimes we just snuggle.—Bumper Sticker Most girls might think twice before getting engaged to someone like Reyes Farrow—but Charley Davidson is not most girls. She''s a paranormal private eye and grim reaper-in-training who''s known to be a bit of a hell-raiser, especially after a few shots of caffeine. Her beloved Reyes may be the only begotten son of evil, but he''s dark and sultry and deeply sexy and everything Charley could hope for. Really. But when the FBI file on Reyes'' childhood happens to land into her lap, she can''t help herself: She opens it...and then the real fun begins. First, Charley finds a naked corpse riding shotgun in her car. Then, a man loses his soul in a card game. Throw in a Deaf boy who sees dead people, a woman running from mobsters, and a very suspicious Reyes, and things can''t get any worse for Charley. Unless, of course, the Twelve Beasts of Hell are unleashed...

Il mio nome è Charley Davidson e non sono una donna come le altre. Ricordo ogni singolo istante della mia esistenza, e parlo con i morti. Devo anche aiutarli a staccarsi per sempre dalla loro vita terrena. Come se ciò non bastasse, faccio l’investigatore privato. Dicono che ho un carattere esplosivo, e una determinazione che mi aiuta a non perdere di vista la realtà. Da qualche tempo, poi, una presenza oscura e sensuale mi perseguita... Charley deve risolvere un nuovo caso, quello di una donna che è appena scomparsa senza lasciare tracce. E nel frattempo il misterioso Reyes continua a perseguitarla con il suo fascino irresistibile. Ora ha lasciato definitivamente il suo corpo mortale per sfuggire alle torture dei demoni che minacciano di rapire Charley e di utilizzarla come chiave d’accesso all’aldilà. Riuscirà Charley a dividersi fra le notti bollenti con il suo amante e la responsabilità di salvare il mondo dalle forze oscure che lo insidiano? Scopritelo in una nuova avventura che divorerete fino all’ultima pagina.

Never underestimate the power of a woman on a double espresso with a mocha latte chaser high. —T-shirt Charley Davidson isn''t your everyday, run-of-the-mill grim reaper. She''s more of a paranormal private eye/grim reaper extraordinaire. However, she gets sidetracked when the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, moves in next door. To further complicate matters, Reyes is her main suspect in an arson case. Charley has vowed to stay away from him until she can find out the truth...but then dead women start appearing in her apartment, one after another, each lost, confused, and terrified beyond reason. When it becomes apparent that her own sister, Gemma, is the serial killer''s next target Charley has no choice but to ask for Reyes'' help. Arsonist or not, he''s the one man alive who could protect Gemma no matter who or what came at her. But he wants something in return. Charley. All of her, body and soul. And to keep her sister safe, it is a price she is willing to pay. Charley Davidson is at it again in Fifth Grave Past the Light, the sexy, suspenseful, and laugh-out-loud funny fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling series by Darynda Jones.

From Darynda Jones, the New York Times bestselling author of Death and the Girl Next Door and Death, Doom & Detention, comes Death and the Girl He Loves, the exciting third book in her new young adult series Darklight The fate of the world is not something a girl wants on her shoulders, and that is especially true for Lorelei McAlister. Unfortunately for her, that is exactly where the world''s fate has decided to take up residence. Lorelei has seen firsthand the horrors that lie beneath our everyday world. And those horrors are getting her friends killed. Because of this, she agrees to leave the sanctity of her hometown and is sent to a different world entirely. A boarding school. But even here she is being watched. Someone knows what she is. What she carries inside her soul. And on top of that she''s seeing visions. This is nothing new for Lorelei. But these visions are something more: death, destruction, and the end of the world. Lorelei must face the fact that there are people who want her dead, and no matter where she goes, no matter how far she runs, the lives of her friends and family are in mortal peril. Lucky for her, her friends and family include the handsome Angel of Death, a fiercely protective half-angel, and a ragtag group of loyal supporters who aren''t afraid to get a little dirty in the name of fighting pure evil.

En la última y explosiva entrega de la saga, Charley Davidson regresa para solucionar un nuevo caso y tratar de salvar la ciudad de un pirómano que podría ser su ex... A veces ser un ángel de la muerte apesta. Desde que fracasó en su último caso, Charley se ha cogido un par de meses sabáticos para sumergirse tranquilamente en las cálidas aguas de la autocompasión. Pero cuando una mujer se presenta en su casa pidiendo ayuda porque está convencida de que alguien intenta matarla, no tiene más remedio que sacudirse la pena y ponerse manos a la obra. Mientras tanto, el grandioso y macizo hijo de Satán, Reyes Farrow, ha sido absuelto de todos los cargos. Ha salido de la cárcel y de la vida de Charley, tal y como ella quería. Sin embargo, la ausencia de Reyes ha afectado seriamente a su vida sexual y, aunque tiene otros problemas más serios -como el hecho de que la ciudad haya sido tomada por un pirómano, que bien podría ser su ardiente ex, lo cierto es que le está costando mucho mantenerse alejada de él... Reseñas: «Inteligente y perversamente divertida.» Publishers Weekly «Seamos sinceros: la escenas de sexo son de lo más calientes.» Library Journal

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Third Grave on the Right" comes the exciting follow-up to "Death and the Girl Next Door."

Charley, la plus délurée des faucheuses, est de retour ! Mais elle boit des quantités astronomiques de café pour rester éveillée. Sans quoi, elle n''échappe pas à la vision terrifiante qui s''impose à elle dès qu''elle ferme les yeux : Reyes, le fils de Satan qu''elle a emprisonné pour l''éternité. Pourra-t-elle retrouver une personne disparue, apaiser son père grincheux et affronter un gang de motards sanguinaires alors que le fils du Diable refuse de renoncer à la séduire... et à se venger d''elle ?

The fourth in this fun and sexy "New York Times"-bestselling paranormal series: "If you enjoy Evanovich''s Stephanie Plum, you will certainly enjoy Charley Davidson!"--"Suspense Magazine."

Darynda Jones, author of The New York Times bestselling series that began with First Grave on the Right, brings us Death and the Girl Next Door, a thrilling Young Adult novel garnering high praise and early buzz from major authors Ten years ago, Lorelei''s parents disappeared without a trace. Raised by her grandparents and leaning on the support of her best friends, Lorelei is finally beginning to accept the fact that her parents are never coming home. For Lorelei, life goes on. High school is not quite as painful as she thinks it will be, and things are as normal as they can be. Until the day the school''s designated loner, Cameron Lusk, begins to stalk her, turning up where she least expects it, standing outside her house in the dark, night after night. Things get even more complicated when a new guy—terrifying, tough, sexy Jared Kovach—comes to school. Cameron and Jared instantly despise each other and Lorelei seems to be the reason for their animosity. What does Jared know about her parents? Why does Cameron tell Jared he can''t have Lorelei? And what will any of them do when Death comes knocking for real? Thrilling, sassy, sexy, and inventive, Darynda Jones''s first foray into the world of teens will leave readers eager for the next installment. "Unique, witty, and touching—I LOVED THIS BOOK!" —P.C. Cast, New York Times bestselling author of The House of Night Series

Moi, c''est Charley, détective privée et faucheuse. "Compliquée" est mon deuxième prénom. Entre deux enquêtes, j''essaie de retrouver Reyes : le chaud comme la braise fils de Satan et mon fantasme personnel. Il est passé de "dans le coma à l''hôpital" à "disparu sans laisser de traces" en un claquement de doigts. Si je ne le retrouve pas rapidement, il risque de mourir. Et c''est après moi qu''en ont les démons qui le torturent : je suis censée leur permettre d''accéder au ciel. S''ils y parviennent... disons juste que ça ne sera pas beau à voir. Mais il n''est pas question pour autant que je laisse Reyes se suicider pour me protéger. Il est têtu quand il s''y met, mais je suis pire !

De stoere en sexy Charley Davidson is een privédetective met een bijzondere gave: ze kan doden zien. Daarom wordt ze regelmatig ingeschakeld om moorden op te lossen. Maar de laatste tijd is er nog iets anders aan de hand: regelmatig krijgt Charley in haar dromen bezoek van een knappe, mysterieuze jongen. Wat hij met haar doet is met geen pen te beschrijven. Wie is hij? En leeft hij echt of is hij ook een dolende geest? Charley weet niet wat ze op het spel zet als ze zich aan hem overgeeft, maar hem weerstaan kan ze ook niet! Darynda Jones won met Eerste steen rechts de Golden Heart® voor de Beste Paranormale Roman. Haar debuut vormt de start van een driedelige serie, waarin Charley Davidson de hoofdrol speelt. Tweede steen links is het volgende deel en verschijnt in 2013 in Nederland. Darynda woont in New Mexico, samen met haar man en hun zoontjes.