4-20-11 First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones - Fiction

3 - The premise is pretty good: there's a woman who is a grim reaper. She's not the scary guy in the cloak but an ADHD neurotic private eye who sees souls not yet departed and helps them finish their final business so they can cross over. The writing: not so good. Way too much ADHD thrown in the writing to make a smooth read and it started to go a little too romance/porn for me at the end. And I didn't need to know what she named each of her breasts and ovaries, thank you. My favorite character is her best friend/employee and she's just not in the story enough. The murder mystery part of the story is only so-so. I just wasn't impressed even though she won some award for the book. I don't think I'll be able to stomach checking the next book out.