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Start with First Grave on the Right and continue through all 18 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Darynda Jones • Published 2011
Smart mouthed private investigator Charley Davidson also happens to be the grim reaper, a walking portal for the dead. When three murdered lawyers beg her to find their killer, she juggles the case, family secrets, an...
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Ends with The Graveside Bar and Grill
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Book 1:First Grave on the Right
Darynda Jones • 2011
Smart mouthed private investigator Charley Davidson also happens to be the grim reaper, a walking portal for the dead. When three murdered lawyers beg her to find their killer, she juggles the case, family secrets, an...
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Book 2:For I Have Sinned
Darynda Jones • 2011
A newly dead bride wakes up with no memory of how she died. Seen through the ghost’s eyes, this short Charley Davidson story follows Charley as she unravels the truth and gives the woman the closure she needs to move on.
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Book 3:Second Grave on the Left
Darynda Jones • 2011
When Charley’s best friend drags her out before dawn to search for a missing coworker, they uncover a trail of old school secrets and fresh murders. Meanwhile Reyes Farrow abandons his body to keep demons from using C...
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Book 4:Third Grave Dead Ahead
Darynda Jones • 2012
Running on caffeine and zero sleep to avoid the furious son of Satan who haunts her dreams, Charley takes a case involving a husband who smells guilty of murder. Between a missing wife, a prison break, and motorcycle...
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Book 5:Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
Darynda Jones • 2012
Still traumatized by her last case, Charley is hiding out with late night shopping channels when a fragile client insists someone is trying to kill her. As everyone else labels the woman crazy, Charley follows the clu...
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Book 6:Fifth Grave Past the Light
Darynda Jones • 2013
Charley is investigating a series of arsons when dozens of terrified female ghosts begin crowding her apartment. Suspecting a serial killer connected to Reyes’s new nightclub, she races to identify the victims and pro...
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Book 7:Sixth Grave on the Edge
Darynda Jones • 2014
Engaged to the son of Satan and busy learning what that really means, Charley is also being blackmailed by criminals who want a protected witness found. A lost soul, a haunted Deaf boy, and a mother searching for her...
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Book 8:Seventh Grave and No Body
Darynda Jones • 2014
Twelve hellhounds have escaped onto the mortal plane and marked Charley for death, turning every shadow into a threat. While searching for her missing father and probing a rash of suspicious suicides, she starts to su...
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Book 9:Eighth Grave After Dark
Darynda Jones • 2015
Hiding on the grounds of an abandoned convent to stay ahead of the hellhounds stalking her, a very pregnant Charley is bored, restless, and furious. A murdered nun, her father’s unsolved death, and Reyes’s increasingl...
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Book 10:Brighter Than the Sun
Darynda Jones • 2015
In this prequel novella told from Reyes Farrow’s point of view, a boy raised in brutal captivity clings to the memory of a girl made of light. His history with Charley unfolds from their first supernatural encounter t...
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Book 11:The Dirt on Ninth Grave
Darynda Jones • 2016
In a small New York town, an amnesiac waitress called Jane slowly realizes she can see ghosts. Strangers in the diner clearly know more about her than they admit, and a dark force hunting her makes her question whethe...
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Book 12:The Curse of Tenth Grave
Darynda Jones • 2016
Back in Albuquerque with her memory restored, Charley returns to PI work just as three malevolent gods arrive on earth with their sights set on her young daughter. To keep the little girl safe, Charley must track and...
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Book 13:Eleventh Grave in Moonlight
Darynda Jones • 2017
Charley takes on a deeply personal case when she investigates the couple who stole Reyes as an infant. At the same time she is learning to live as a newly awakened goddess, guarding her distant daughter while forces f...
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Book 14:The Trouble with Twelfth Grave
Darynda Jones • 2017
Reyes returns from a hell dimension changed, volatile, and possibly possessed by something ancient. As bodies of supernaturally sensitive humans begin to fall, Charley must uncover who is killing them, tame the feral...
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Book 15:Summoned to Thirteenth Grave
Darynda Jones • 2019
After a century long exile from Earth, Charley is suddenly allowed to come home and finds everything in chaos. Determined to fix what she broke, she hunts for answers about her mother’s death, confronts an old enemy,...
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Book 16:The Graveyard Shift
Darynda Jones • 2020
Veteran tracker Garrett Swopes is stuck guarding a precocious little girl who is half human, half divine, and destined to save the world. When she disappears, he is forced to seek help from Marika Dubois, the witch wh...
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Book 17:The Gravedigger’s Son
Darynda Jones • 2021
Quentin Rutherford’s simple job assessing a haunted New Mexico town gets complicated when he runs into Amber Kowalski, the girl he once loved and left. Together they face a vicious supernatural predator, and the inves...
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Book 18:The Graveside Bar and Grill
Darynda Jones • 2022
Donovan St. James agrees to quietly watch over Sia, the doctor who keeps his rough crew patched up, after a sharp tongued teen insists Sia’s life is in danger. When an ancient entity comes hunting, their uneasy partne...
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Charley Davidson FAQ
What is the best order to read the Charley Davidson series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with First Grave on the Right.
How many books are in the Charley Davidson series?
There are 18 books currently listed in the Charley Davidson series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Charley Davidson series?
New readers should start with First Grave on the Right, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Charley Davidson series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2011 to 2022.