Vincent Graves is a detective who inhabits the body of a murdered human. He woke up in the body of Museum Curator Norman Smith. Now he must break his way out of Norman’s coffin in order to investigate what paranormal entity killed him. Graves’ contact is a guy named Church who is a powerful entity that sets a time limit. In this case, Graves has thirteen hours to discover exactly what killed Norman.
This is the first book in The Grave Report series. Graves is a witty, sarcastic, and very likable character. He doesn’t remember much of his life before he died. He just knows that when he wakes up in a body, he must contact Church to get his marching orders. Graves is working the case, talking to Norman’s co-workers, when he clashes with FBI Agent Camilla Ortiz. She has a lot of questions about an incident with a tiger, but when she witnesses something you don’t see every day, she begins to help Graves with his investigation.
As many reviewers have said, this series reminds me of The Dresden Files. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Travis Baldree who was the perfect voice for Graves. I want to go back and listen to it again sometime. I’m sure I missed many details in the story because my mind was on something else. I have to say I was entertained by the story and plan to continue the series. My rating: 4 Stars.