Janey Doerr, a woman with a past, works at a diner, making friends and stalking a certain tall, dark and handsome man when she realizes that she can see dead people. Though this isn't normal at all, Janey isn't too worried about it because it seems that the people around her know more about her than she does. After suffering from retrograde amnesia, her friends and co-workers continue to look out for her. But bits and pieces are starting to return. The only problem is, will trouble find her before she can figure out who she is? Will she finally understand why all these strange things keep happening around her?
Janey is a watered down version of the Charley we know. Don't get me wrong, her charming self is very much present, but this ninth book in the Charley Davidson series has a different touch to it. Despite the fact that Janey doesn't know what her real name is, she isn't completely at a loss. Her friends remain protective of her, but it is clear that they do not want to push her. Something greater is going on, but Darynda Jones is slow to reveal it. Of course Jones delights her readers with her trademark charm and wit. I laughed out loud so many times while reading this book.
The overall tone of THE DIRT ON THE NINTH GRAVE is similar to the others in the Charley Davidson series; it's fun and charming with that hint of mystery thrown in, but having Charley as Janey at the moment does give this particular book something different to readers. It almost takes us back to the beginning where Charley is on her own, starting her romance with Reyes all over again. I look forward to seeing where Darynda Jones takes her characters next!
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 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.
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