A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer

Dara debuts with an outstanding paranormal cozy mystery featuring Kathy Valence, a 42-year-old woman who is six months pregnant and in the middle of a divorce. Kathy works as a modern-day Grim Reaper for S.C.Y.T.H.E.—the Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences, a government division that collects souls of the dead. When assigned to collect the soul of recently deceased Connor Ortiz, things go off the rails. Kathy finds herself reluctantly becoming an amateur detective to discover what actually happened to Connor, the weed-smoking, video game–playing 17-year-old boy who swears from beyond the grave that he was murdered. In the process, she realizes that something is terribly wrong within S.C.Y.T.H.E. With unusual sidekicks, including the father of Kathy’s unborn child and the man she’s currently divorcing, this twisty mystery takes listeners on an entertaining and fast-paced journey. Narrator Jaime Lamchick offers an animated performance, making it easy to distinguish the many characters in this engaging story.