The Dirt on Ninth Grave

by Darynda Jones

Part of Charley Davidson, book 9

First published 2016

Jane Doe serves coffee in a small New York village with no memory of her past. Dead people appear to her as she works the diner shift. Customers and coworkers drop hints about her identity while feeding her lies. She trusts the attractive fry cook whose touch burns and smile stops her breath. A man arrives claiming someone sent him to kill her. The darkest force in the universe wants her dead and will not quit. Jane feels electricity running through her body. She owns a Rottweiler for protection. The fry cook lies with every word he speaks. Jane decides to force the truth from him no matter who dies. She must find her real identity and reclaim what she lost. The hunt will require all her bravery and the strange power flowing in her blood.

Genres: romance, mystery, fantasy, thriller, paranormal-romance, contemporary-romance

Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator

Setting: New York

Period: 21st-century

352 pages · Kindle Edition · St. Martin's Press

Content warnings: death, violence

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