Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet

Charley Davidson, Book 4

By: Darynda Jones

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

The fourth in Darynda Jones' fun and sexy New York Times bestselling paranormal series: "If you enjoy Evanovich's Stephanie Plum, you will certainly enjoy Charley Davidson!" —Suspense Magazine

Sometimes being the grim reaper really is that. Grim. And since Charley's last case went so awry, she has taken a couple months off to wallow in the wonders of self-pity. But when a woman shows up on her doorstep convinced someone is trying to kill her, Charley has to force herself to rise above. Or at least get dressed. She quickly realizes something is amiss when everyone the woman knows swears she's insane. The more they refute the woman's story, the more Charley believes it.

In the meantime, the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, has been cleared of all charges. He is out of prison and out of Charley's life, as per her wishes and several perfectly timed death threats. But his absence has put a serious crimp in her sex life. While there are other things to consider, like the fact that the city of Albuquerque has been taken hostage by an arsonist, Charley is having a difficult time staying away. Especially when it looks like Reyes may be involved.

In Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet, just when life was returning to normal, Charley is thrust back into the world of crime, punishment, and the devil in blue jeans.

©2012 Darynda Jones (P)2012 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“Lorelei King brings everyone's favorite Grim Reaper back to snarky life in this fourth addition to Darynda Jones's engrossing series…King is in her element voicing Charley and manages to make her every pun and sarcastic retort crackle with life while exploring the emotional nuances of her troubled relationships and romances.” —AudioFile Magazine

“Narrator Lorelei King is excellent as the voice of Charley and equally adept at portraying all the characters.” —Library Journal

I love Charley!!!

I can't tell you how many times I've listened to this series. And every time it makes me laugh at all the spots I laughed at before! Also I love listening to Lorelei King. I have many other series that she has narrated.

What a character! The plot moves forward

Yes, on all levels! Characters, plot, dialog, narration... The only reason I've written more than the first sentence is because a review had to be minimum of 15 words.

A fun series.

If you could sum up Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet in three words, what would they be?

Fun, Sexy and Smart.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Left me wanting the next book right now.

What does Lorelei King bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Lorelei King is, in my opinion, one of the best book narrators out there. I have a hearing problem, and I never have problems listening to her books. Her voice is clear and crisp, and she has a great range for both male and female voices.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I felt the plot in this book was a little lighter than the other three books, and the pacing was a little slower than the other books, but it was still a great book. This is one of those series that I will listen to in one or two sessions--if I can't start early enough on day one to listen to the entire book, I'll be up early on day two to finish it. There aren't too many books out there that make me want to do that.

Any additional comments?

Anyone who's a fan of the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series will probably love this series too. Charlie reminds me of what Stephanie would be if she had a paranormal bent.

Fantastic Series!

OMG! I absolutely love this series. Charley is such a great heroine. In this book, however, Charley is having issues dealing with the fallout from book three and is in a deep, dark place. Plus, now that Reyes is a free man, he's showing up everywhere. Jones is doing a wonderful job of developing the characters book by book. Each book shows Charley learning more about her powers and her friends and family learning more about Charley's powers.

As always, Lorelei King is a terrific narrator. I highly recommend these audiobooks as they will make any task pass more quickly.

This is the BEST series ~ the Books AND the narrat

So, to begin with, lemme just give you a little back ground on this here series ~ it's slathered with awesome sauce, ya'll! It is one of, if not THE best series I've started in the last 2 years ~ and not only is Darynda Jone's writing STELLAR, in the case of Charley Davidson, the narrator in this series,

Lorelei King, IS Charley Davidson! She actually makes her breath & come ALIVE!



So, okay, enough raving ~ We start off Book 4 in the Charley Davidson series w/ Charley on the outs with her father, who tried to have her arrested to keep her 'SAFE', and recovering from an attack from a seriously psycho dude that just happened to also be Reyes Farrow's, aka The Big Bad, aka The Son of Satan's, real life step dad. Who Reyes had been jail for murdering. (But that's all book 3, which you NEED to READ!) So Charley has a little bit Fear going on ~ she might be the Grim Reaper, but that baddie had a HUGE knife he was trying to kill her with. So she's taken up Hoarding & The Home Shopping Channel, and moved out of her offices over her Father's bar. And she hasn't taken a new case in two months ~ She's not only The Grim Reaper, she's also a PI...AND she helps her Uncle UB solve cases for the APD. She's got ALOT going on.



So when a new client seeks her out and seems in desperate need of help, Charley ventures out of her apartment building...to find that a lot has happened in the two months she's been holed up. Reyes has taken up cage fighting, Demons are possessing people all around her, familiar looking bank robbers keep showing up, and her damn land lord rented out that apartment at the end of the hall she's been trying to rent since she moved in!



I LOVED this book! Charley is at her best ~ she makes you LOL more times than I can begin to share, and OH, there are quite a few scenes where my heart strings got tugged in this one...and she GOT me on case! I can usually guess some parts, but nope, not this one. I enjoyed every second of this book ~ and Darynda has this awesome habit of starting each chapter w/ a saying or slogo off a T Shirt...they're AWESOME!! Like..."If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape" ... or " Insanity doesn't RUN through my family, it strolls through, takes it's time, gets to know everyone".



And Lorelei King ~ She is such a pleasure to listen to! There is this awesome character, Rocket, a departed who can track whether every person in the universe is alive or dead ~ Rocket is special. You can just see his face lighting up when he sees Charley, hear it in his voice...and the little sister of one of Charley's Uncle UB's cops, who she laughingly calls the "SS", who has this singsong kinda slurry voice...even when she's calling Charley a Bish...



I cannot recommend this series, and this book, enough!

If there is only ONE audio book you buy this year, this should be it!

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If you could sum up Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet in three words, what would they be?

Have listened to the whole series keep the,m coming. Fun,romance,action a very nice imagination about how people can go to heaven. it has it all.

What about Lorelei King’s performance did you like?

She's great as always

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Can't listen to them fast enough!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Love these books. It's a love story, a comedy, a suspense/mystery, it's all in one. It has enough of the supernatural to make it intersting but still enough regular life to still keep it grounded. Just love the narrater and all 4 of Darynda Jones books have been terrific!

Who was your favorite character and why?

I love Charlie, she's a trip!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Absolutely

Getting Better

The fourth in the series is the best yet. I hope it doesn't take too long for the next in the series.

I'm addicted to Charley and Reyes

I cannot stop listening to this series! I'm staying up late and waking up early just to listen. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet is book 4 in the Charley Davidson series. In this book, Charley is dealing with the PTSD resulting from being tortured in book 3. There is also lot of family stuff that comes up with how her horrible step-mother treated her as a child and how her father is treating her now. It was quite emotional. Thankfully Uncle Bob is solidly by her side and has her back. The mysteries in this book were good. I really like that they aren't obvious and it takes a lot of investigation to solve them. Reyes and Charley are getting closer, which I love. Charley still needs to pull her head out of her butt where Reyes is concerned but she is definitely getting better. I adore Reyes, but who doesn't! I'm excited to see where the series goes from here because Charley is slowly but surely starting to realize her power and what she can do with it. The narration is great as usual. I'm moving on to book 5 immediately.

I can't say more than how great this book is.

As the 4th book goes on to be more wonderful than the las. I now go on to number 5. Darynda, you are amazing.