"The intriguing first in a new series from Clemens introduces a classic tragic heroine, Casey Maldonado, and her companion, the Grim Reaper... Clemens is adept at creating an appealing cast of characters while keeping the plot moving at a fast clip.  Casey and Death make an oddly entertaining pair, and readers will hope to see their relationship fleshed out in future titles."
—Publishers Weekly

Some days Death seems more friend than foe.
But most of the time it's a real pain in the neck.

Casey Maldonado's life is over—at least as she knows it.  In one brief moment of fire and wrenching metal, everything important was gone.  The car manufacturer was generous with its settlement, but it can never be enough.  Her family and friends, not to mention her lawyers, want her to go for more.  More money.  More publicity.  More everything.  But no financial gain or courtroom retribution will bring back what really matters.  So she packs up, puts her house on the market, and leaves town.  Her only companion: Death, who won't take her, but won't leave her alone.

Casey stops in Clymer, a small blue-collar town in the midst of Ohio farmland, and finds it wrapped in tragedy.  Not only is HomeMaker, the town's appliance factory and main employer, moving to Mexico, but the town has been rocked by the suicide of a beloved single mother.

Drawn to the town, Casey soon realizes that many of the citizens don't believe the verdict of suicide at all.  Death encourages her to investigate, and she uncovers information that points to the factory.  Was the victim's death a cover-up?

When Casey begins to receive messages telling her to leave well enough alone, she decides she'd be better off back on the road.  But the murderer can't let that happen.  Not with everything she knows... Read an excerpt!

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