Charley Davidson series

## Genre Information

Urban Fantasy
Grim Reaper

Paranormal Romance
ChicLit

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## About the Series

* **Genres:** Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
* **Theme:** Women private investigators and medium
* **Narrative style**:

## Series Description

Charlotte “Charley” Davidson, a part-time private investigator helping the police with her ability to contact the dead in her full-time role as the Grim Reaper, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in a paranormal romantic suspense series.

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.

## Books in Series

1. First Grave On the Right (Charley Davidson Book 1) (2011)
2. Second Grave on the Left (Charley Davidson Book 2) (2011)
3. Third Grave Dead Ahead (Charley Davidson Book 3) (2012)
4. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (Charley Davidson Book 4) (2012)
5. Fifth Grave Past the Light (Charley Davidson Book 5) (2013)
6. Sixth Grave on the Edge (Charley Davidson Book 6) (2014)
7. Seventh Grave and No Body (Charley Davidson Book 7) (2014)
8. Eighth Grave After Dark (Charley Davidson Book 8) (2015)
9. The Dirt on Ninth Grave (Charley Davidson Book 9) (2016)
10. The Curse of the Tenth Grave (Charley Davidson Book 10) (2016)
11. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight (Charley Davidson Book 11) (2017)
12. The Trouble with Twelfth Grave (Charley Davidson Book 12) (2017)
13. Summoned to Thirteenth Grave (Charley Davidson Book 13) (2019)

#### Shorts, Anthologies and Guides

* 1.5. For I Have Sinned (2011) ~ eBook — Author's link: Darynda Jones » For I Have Sinned
* 5.5. Shimmer (2013) free eBook (7 pages) (Reyes Farrow viewpoint)
* 5.6. Glow (2014) free eBook (10 pages)
* 8.5. Brighter Than the Sun (2015) ~eBook

## World Building

### Fantasy Elements

Reapers, ghosts, Lucifer, demons, Paranormal PI, grim reaper, Son of Satan.

### Protagonist

Charley Davidson
Charley is a private investigator and works closely with the Albuquerque police department (namely her Uncle Bob who is a Detective) but she is also The Grim Reaper and her main job is to help dead people pass to the other side. This is a bonus for Charley in that she can often talk to victims and help solve their crimes. Charley is hilarious. There are things she doesn't know or understand and she does a lot of things on the fly. Charley has an assistant who is her best friend and who also lives right across the hall from her named Cookie. Cookie is the best friend ever. She is always there for Charley and accepts her as she is.
### Characters

**Charley Davidson Character Guide**

Charley, Charlotte Davidson
PI, reaper - she sees dead people. She is 27;
Reyes Alexander Farrow; aka Rey'aziel
Son of Satan - old acquaintance of Charley's, met as teens; he visits her in her dreams;
Garrett Swopes
PI, skiptracer - bounty hunter; possible live interest;
Cookie Kowalski
best friend/receptionist - friend: Mimi; lives right across the hall from Charley;
Amber Kowalski
Cookie's daughter, very sweet girl.
Mimi
Cookie's friend that disappeared.
Gemma
Charley's sister, serial killer's next target.
Big Bad
Unknown being, told Charley that she is a Grim Reaper; saved her life a number of times.
Angel Garza
investigator, ghost, Thirteen-year-old attitude-infested.
Robert (Bob) Davidson
Police detective, Charley's uncle who she calls Ubie; detective for the Albuquerque Police Dept.
Jean Davidson
bar owner, retired police officer, Charley's father; owns the bar in the building where Charlie lives; used his daughter's powers to solve cases.
Kim Millar
Reyes's sister
Amador Sanchez
Reyes' cellmate
Taft
Albuquerque Police officer, Initially skeptical of Charley's talents, he is forced to seek her help after being haunted by the ghost of a young girl
Denise Davidson
Charley's step-mother
Mr. Wong
Ghost, hovers in Charlie's living room;
Neil Gossett
Deputy Warden at the "Penitentiary of New Mexico".
Rocket
Ghost, Charley's friend; lives in abandoned insane asylum; has knowledge of every single person who ever died;
Mark Weir
accused suspect, Man accused of murdering a teen boy; a client of the three dead lawyers; Charley tries to prove his innocence.
Teddy Weir
missing boy, Weir’s missing nephew.
Janie Weir
Mark's sister and Terry's mother;
Pari
artist, Friend of Charley, shares space in her office;
Billy
Native American ghost, hangs around the detention center where he committed suicide;
Father Frederico
Priest
Benny Price
Strip clubs owner
## Book Descriptions

1. First Grave On the Right (2011)
*This whole grim reaper thing should have come with a manual. . . Or a diagram of some kind. . . A flow chart would have been nice.* 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.
2. Second Grave on the Left (2011)
If you hang around with dead people, life can get pretty complicated. Take it from Charley Davidson, part-time private investigator and full-time Grim Reaper. Complicated is her middle name. The deceased find her very sparkly. Demons find her irresistible. And one entity in particular wants to seduce her in every way possible. When Charley and Cookie (her best friend/receptionist) have to track down a missing woman, the case is not quite as open and shut as they anticipate. Cookie's friend Mimi disappeared five days earlier. Mimi then sends Cookie a cryptic message telling Cookie to meet her at an nearby coffee shop. The coffee is brewing, but Mimi's still missing. There is, however, a clue Mimi left on the bathroom wall: a woman's name. Mimi's husband explains to them that his wife had been acting strange since she found out an old high school friend had been murdered. The same woman whose name Mimi had scribbled on the bathroom wall. 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...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? Can she keep those she loves out of harm's way? And is there enough coffee and chocolate in the world to fuel her as she does? Here is your signpost for the most hilarious read of the year: Second Grave on the Left.
3. Third Grave Dead Ahead (2012)'
*Third Grave Dead Ahead is the third installment of Darynda Jones' award-winning paranormal series that's "hilarious and heartfelt, sexy and surprising*." (J.R. Ward) Paranormal private eye. Grim reaper extraordinaire. Whatever. Charley Davidson is back! And she's drinking copious amounts of caffeine to stay awake because, every time she closes her eyes, she sees him: Reyes Farrow, the part-human, part-supermodel son of Satan. Yes, she did imprison him for all eternity, but come on. How is she supposed to solve a missing persons case, deal with an ego-driven doctor, calm her curmudgeonly dad, and take on a motorcycle gang hell-bent on murder when the devil's son just won't give up?
4. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (2012)
*Welcome to the world of grim reaper extraordinaire Charley Davidson. Try as she might, there’s no avoiding her destiny*. Sometimes being the grim reaper really is, well, grim. And since Charley’s last case went so awry, she has taken a couple of months off to wallow in the wonders of self-pity. But when a woman shows up on her doorstep convinced someone is trying to kill her, Charley has to force herself to rise above...or at least get dressed. It becomes clear something is amiss when everyone the woman knows swears she’s insane. But the more they refute the woman’s story, the more Charley believes it. In the meantime, the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, is out of prison and out of Charley’s life, as per her wishes and several perfectly timed death threats. But his absence has put a serious crimp in her sex life. While there are other things to consider, like the fact that the city of Albuquerque has been taken hostage by an arsonist, Charley is having a difficult time staying away. Especially when it looks like Reyes may be involved. Just when life was returning to normal, Charley is thrust back into the world of crime, punishment, and the devil in blue jeans in this hilarious fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling series.
5. Fifth Grave Past the Light (2013)
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's 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 the sexy, suspenseful, and laugh-out-loud funny fifth installment of the New York Times best selling series.
6. Sixth Grave on the Edge (2014)
Few things in life can come between a grim reaper and her coffee, but the sexy, sultry son of Satan is one of them. Now that Reyes Farrow has asked for her hand, Charley Davidson feels it's time to learn more about his past, but Reyes is reluctant to open up. When the official FBI file of his childhood abduction lands in her lap, Charley decides to go behind her mysterious beau’s back and conduct her own investigation. Because what could go wrong? Unfortunately, another case has fallen into her lap—one with dangerous implications. Some very insistent men want Charley to hunt down a witness who is scheduled to testify against their boss, a major player in the local crime syndicate. If Charley doesn't come up with an address in 48 hours, the people closest to her will start to disappear. Add to that a desperate man in search of the soul he lost in a card game, a dogged mother determined to find the ghost of her son, and a beautiful, young Deaf boy haunted by his new ability to see the departed as clearly as he sees the living, and Charley has her hands full. The fact that Reyes has caught on to her latest venture only adds fuel to the inferno that he is. Good thing for Charley she's used to multi-tasking and always up for a challenge…especially when that challenge comes in the form of Reyes Farrow.
7. Seventh Grave and No Body (Oct 21st 2014)
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. 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.
8. Eighth Grave After Dark (2015)
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.
9. The Dirt on Ninth Grave (2016)
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.
10. The Curse of the Tenth Grave (2016)
As a Part-time PI and fulltime grim reaper, Charley Davidson has asked a lot of questions throughout her life: Why can I see dead people? Who is the hot supernatural entity following me? How do I get gum out of my sister’s hair before she wakes up? But, “How do I trap not one malevolent god, but three?” was never among them. Until now. And since those gods are on earth to kill her daughter, she has little choice but to track them down, trap them, and cast them from this dimension.
There’s just one problem. One of the three stole her heart a very long time ago. Can the Razer, a god of absolute death and destruction, change his omniscient spots, or will his allegiances lie with his brothers?
11. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight (2017)
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.
12. The Trouble with Twelfth Grave (2017)
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.
13 Summoned to Thirteenth Grave (2019)
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.
## References

1. ↑ Goodreads
2. ↑ GoodReads reader
3. ↑ wickedscribes.wordpress.com/Charley Davidson Character Guide (Before the site disappeared)