Charley Davidson

First Grave on the Right introduces Charley Davidson, a sardonic private investigator who also serves as a grim reaper, able to see and talk with the dead. Her unusual clients are murder victims who push her to uncover the truth behind their deaths, pulling her into dangerous, often darkly comic investigations in a contemporary urban setting. As Charley navigates these supernatural cases, she is increasingly unsettled by vivid, sensual dreams of a mysterious presence that has shadowed her since childhood, an entity that may not be human or dead. Darynda Jones blends paranormal mystery, sharp humor, and slow-burn romance into an urban fantasy centered on a strong, irreverent female lead.

Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones continues the Charley Davidson series with a blend of urban fantasy, mystery, and sharp humor. Grim Reaper and private investigator Charley is dragged from bed by her best friend Cookie to look into the disappearance of Cookie’s colleague, Mimi, whose cryptic message and connection to an earlier murder pull Charley into a dangerous investigation. At the same time, Reyes Alexander Farrow, the literal son of Satan and Charley’s complicated love interest, has abandoned his tortured physical body to keep demons from using Charley as a gateway to heaven. The novel balances paranormal detective work, escalating romantic tension, and Charley’s irreverent narrative voice as she navigates ghosts, demons, and human secrets.

Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones continues the urban fantasy series featuring Charley Davidson, a sarcastic grim reaper who also works as a private investigator. Running on caffeine to avoid the visions of Reyes Farrow, the dangerous and alluring son of Satan she has bound, Charley tries to keep her focus on a new missing persons investigation. As she tracks a vanished woman, she is pulled into conflicts with an arrogant doctor, a volatile motorcycle gang, and her increasingly worried father. The novel blends paranormal mystery, dark humor, and slow-burn romance around a strong female lead who navigates both human crime and supernatural threats.

Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet continues Darynda Jones’s urban fantasy series with grim reaper and private investigator Charley Davidson reluctantly returning to work after a traumatic case. Still shaken and hiding out in her Albuquerque apartment, Charley is pulled back into the supernatural and criminal underworld when a terrified woman insists someone is trying to kill her, despite friends and family dismissing her as unstable. As Charley investigates, she navigates ghostly encounters, a city plagued by a dangerous arsonist, and the renewed complications of her intense connection with Reyes Farrow, the enigmatic son of Satan recently released from prison. Blending paranormal mystery, dark humor, and a strong, sarcastic female lead, the novel follows Charley as she weighs her own safety against the demands of her unusual calling.

In Fifth Grave Past the Light, Darynda Jones continues the story of Charley Davidson, a sardonic grim reaper who also works as a private investigator in a contemporary urban setting. While tracking an arson case that points toward her dangerously attractive neighbor, Reyes Farrow, Charley’s attention is split when the spirits of terrified dead women begin crowding her apartment. As she uncovers a pattern of abductions and murder, the investigation turns personal: her sister Gemma may be the killer’s next target. Blending supernatural mystery, dark humor, and intense romantic tension, the novel follows a strong female lead forced to weigh her own safety and autonomy against the cost of protecting the people she loves.

In Sixth Grave on the Edge, Darynda Jones continues the urban fantasy series featuring Charley Davidson, a sarcastic grim reaper who also works as a private investigator. While navigating her complicated engagement to Reyes Farrow, the enigmatic son of Satan, Charley secretly probes his traumatic past after an FBI file on his childhood abduction surfaces. At the same time, she is coerced into tracking down a crucial witness for a crime syndicate under a brutal deadline that endangers those she loves. Balancing supernatural cases involving a lost soul, a grieving mother, and a Deaf boy suddenly seeing ghosts, Charley confronts overlapping mysteries that test her abilities, her ethics, and her volatile relationship with Reyes.

In Seventh Grave and No Body, Darynda Jones continues the urban fantasy series about Charley Davidson, a grim reaper who also works as a private investigator. As twelve lethal hellhounds stalk her, Charley searches for her missing father and uncovers disturbing secrets about his recent activities. At the same time, she is haunted by a former best friend’s ghost, drawn into a puzzling cluster of suicides, and dealing with complications in her relationship with her enigmatic, dangerously attractive fiancé. Blending supernatural mystery, dark humor, and romance, the novel follows a strong female lead trying to keep Earth safe while her personal and paranormal worlds collide.

In Eighth Grave After Dark, Darynda Jones continues the Charley Davidson urban fantasy series with a mix of supernatural mystery, dark humor, and romance. Extremely pregnant and under threat from twelve hellhounds loose on earth, Charley hides in an abandoned convent that should be safe ground, only to encounter the ghost of a young nun whose decades-old murder demands investigation. While trying to solve this cold case, Charley also wrestles with the unresolved killing of her father, her husband’s increasingly secretive behavior, and the constant presence of ghosts drawn to her. The novel balances fast-paced paranormal detective work with the challenges of impending motherhood and a strong-willed, sarcastic female lead.

Brighter Than the Sun by Darynda Jones shifts the Charley Davidson urban fantasy series into Reyes Alexander Farrow’s perspective, revealing his history as a tortured, otherworldly being bound to both hellish forces and the mortal world. From childhood onward, Reyes is drawn to Charley, a woman whose supernatural radiance is visible only to the dead and to him, complicating his existence as both guardian and potential destroyer. As their connection deepens, the novel explores how love, obsession, and destiny intersect against a backdrop of ghosts, paranormal danger, and dark humor. This installment blends mystery, romance, and the supernatural while focusing on a powerful female protagonist seen through the eyes of the man who may be her salvation or her ruin.

The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones continues the Charley Davidson urban fantasy series with a focus on memory loss, identity, and dangerous supernatural intrigue. Stranded in a small New York village with no recollection of her past, Charley lives under the name Jane Doe, waiting tables and gradually realizing she can see ghosts. As she notices that several people around her know more than they admit—including a magnetic fry cook whose presence feels both protective and suspect—she becomes entangled in lies, half-truths, and a looming threat from a powerful enemy. Blending paranormal mystery, dark humor, and slow-burn romance, the novel follows a strong female protagonist determined to uncover who she is before the force hunting her closes in.

In The Curse of Tenth Grave, Darynda Jones continues the story of Charley Davidson, a sarcastic private investigator who also happens to be a grim reaper. Charley is forced to confront three destructive gods who have crossed into the human world with a single purpose: to kill her young daughter. Her task is complicated by the fact that one of these beings, the Razer, once claimed her heart, leaving her torn between old loyalties and present danger. While navigating this supernatural crisis, Charley juggles a homeless girl being hunted, a murder case involving a possibly innocent man, and a powerful god-glass pendant that has stirred unrest across the paranormal community.

Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones continues the urban fantasy saga of Charley Davidson, a sarcastic private investigator who also serves as the Grim Reaper. Now coming to terms with her emerging goddess powers and the prophecy surrounding her world-saving infant daughter, Charley must juggle everyday detective work with escalating supernatural threats. Demons, hellhounds, vengeful deities, and hostile forces from another dimension close in, determined to erase her for good. Blending mystery, paranormal romance, and dark humor, the novel follows a strong female lead whose marriage to the son of Satan complicates both her love life and her efforts to keep humanity safe.

The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones continues the Charley Davidson urban fantasy series with a mix of supernatural mystery, dark humor, and romance. Grim Reaper and private investigator Charley is juggling a dangerous task: the feral, world-threatening entity that escaped from a hell dimension is also the man she once married, Reyes, son of Satan. As she tries to contain him, she must also conceal a murder, supervise a fledgling PI team led by Amber Kowalski and Quentin Rutherford, and respond to Vatican interest in her supernaturally gifted daughter. When psychically sensitive humans come under attack, Charley is forced to confront whether the being she has loved for centuries is now her most likely suspect.

Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones returns to the world of Charley Davidson, a sarcastic grim reaper and private investigator who has just been released from a century-long exile. Back on Earth, Charley must reconnect with her husband Reyes and their daughter while confronting unresolved mysteries surrounding her mother’s death. As supernatural threats gather and the balance between good and evil tilts dangerously, she navigates ghosts, gods, and other paranormal forces with her usual irreverent humor. This final installment blends urban fantasy, mystery, and romance around a strong female lead facing the consequences of past choices.

The Graveyard Shift by Darynda Jones blends urban fantasy, paranormal mystery, and slow-burn romance around two reluctant allies bound by a dangerous prophecy. Garrett Swopes, a human protector tasked with safeguarding a half-god child crucial to an impending war between heaven and hell, is forced to seek help from Marika Dubois, the powerful seer who once deceived him into fathering her prophesied son. As a missing child, supernatural threats, and celestial stakes converge, Garrett and Marika must navigate ghosts, magic, and their unresolved past while working the kind of case that blurs every line between duty and desire. The tone balances sharp humor with high-stakes tension, centered on a strong, conflicted female protagonist and a world where the supernatural constantly intrudes on everyday life.

The Gravedigger’s Son by Darynda Jones follows veteran supernatural tracker Quentin Rutherford as he returns to a small New Mexico town for what should be a straightforward case, only to find Amber Kowalski, the girl he once loved, running her own paranormal investigation. Now a private investigator with the rare ability to see the dead, Amber is focused on stopping a lethal otherworldly presence before it claims more victims. Forced into an uneasy partnership, Quentin and Amber navigate ghosts, demons, and buried secrets while confronting how much they have both changed. Blending urban fantasy, mystery, and slow-burn romance, this standalone 1001 Dark Nights novella centers on a strong female lead whose second chance at life collides with a dangerous case and unresolved feelings.

The Graveside Bar and Grill by Darynda Jones blends urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and humor in a story centered on two guarded adults forced into close alliance. Donovan St. James, a rough-edged protector in a supernatural security team, reluctantly agrees to shadow Sia, the enigmatic doctor who once saved his life, after a teen under his protection insists something is wrong. Sia, hiding on Earth from a destructive otherworldly force obsessed with claiming her, discovers that the true target may be the gifted girl their group is sworn to defend. As Donovan tracks Sia across a dangerous supernatural landscape, their mutual attraction complicates a mission where survival, loyalty, and the fate of humanity are tightly intertwined.

The Grave Robber by Darynda Jones follows Eric Vause, a man still scarred by a past demonic possession and determined to avoid anything supernatural. His attempt at escape turns into another entanglement when a road trip leads him to a friend whose partner’s daughter, Halle, is plagued by a destructive ghost. Drawn to the haunted atmosphere of her home and the quiet despair he recognizes in her, Eric reluctantly agrees to confront the poltergeist, intending to walk away as soon as the job is done. Blending urban fantasy, dark humor, and slow-burn romance, the novel centers on a reluctant hero, a strong yet wounded female lead, and a mystery rooted in ghosts and lingering trauma.

Graveyard Dog: A Charley Davidson Novella by Darynda Jones blends urban fantasy, paranormal mystery, and slow-burn romance with a dry, irreverent sense of humor. Michael Cavalcante, a reluctant late-night handyman with ties to a motorcycle club, expects a simple repair call and instead walks into the carefully hidden life of Izzabel Walsh. Izzy has changed her identity and fled across the country to escape dangerous people from her past, determined to protect her young daughter and the secrets of what she can do. When Michael’s unexpected visit threatens to expose her location and abilities, both are forced to decide whether they can trust each other long enough to uncover who is hunting Izzy and why.