Darynda Jones

Eighth Grave After Dark Darynda Jones

Charley Davidson has enough going on without having to worry about twelve hellhounds hot on her trail. She is, after all, incrediblypregnant. But, just her luck, twelve deadly beasts from hell havechosen this time to escape onto our plane, and theyve made Charleytheir target. And so she takes refuge at the only place she thinks theycant get to her: the grounds of an abandoned convent. Of course,if hellhounds arent enough, Charley also has a new case to hold herattention: the decades-old murder of a newlyvowed nun who shekeeps seeing in the shadows of the convent. While the angry hellhounds cant traverse the consecrated soil,they can lurk just beyond its borders like evil sentries, so Charley hasbeen forbidden from leaving the sacred grounds. Luckily, shehas herloyal team with her. While the team scours the prophesies, searchingfor clues on the Twelve and for a way to kill them, or at least sendthem back to hell, Charley just wants answers and is powerless to getthem. But the mass of friends theyve accrued helps. Their presenceis comforting, but the good feelings dont last for long, becauseCharley is about to get the surprise of her crazy, mixed-up, supernaturallife.