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 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.
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