Текст книги "Eighth Grave After Dark"
Автор книги: Darynda Jones
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“No one knows how I think.”
“But Earl Walker knows better than most. The beast inside him, the emissary, finally killed him yesterday and now has complete control of his body.”
“Thank God for small favors.”
“Those things are bloody hard to kill once they’ve burrowed inside a human host. These aren’t your average demons.”
“I know that. I was there, remember? I saw what one did to your bitch wife.”
“Then why didn’t you know about Earl Walker?” he asked me.
I stopped.
He nodded. “I think your father let you see exactly as much as he wanted you to see. There’s still a lot you don’t know and a lot I can help with. I’m in, Reyes. Let me do what I do best, but first let me help with Charley. She’s my daughter. I have a right.”
There was no denying that Leland had been a good man when he was alive, but death did things to people. Their good nature didn’t always survive the trip into the supernatural world. I was beginning to think, however, that Leland’s did.
“I want reports every two hours,” I said, stuffing a handful of shirts into a duffel bag.
“You got it. But, Reyes, there’s a reason I told you all this.”
I gave him my full attention. “More good news, I assume?”
“Not really. I just find it odd that Charley ended up in Sleepy Hollow, New York, of all places.”
I shook off the dread clawing its way up my spine, and asked, “Why?”
“Because that’s where Earl Walker is now.”
About the Author
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author DARYNDA JONES won a Golden Heart and a RITA for her manuscript First Grave on the Right. A born storyteller, she grew up spinning tales of dashing damsels and heroes in distress for any unfortunate soul who happened by, annoying man and beast alike. Darynda lives in the Land of Enchantment, also known as New Mexico, with her husband and two beautiful sons, the Mighty, Mighty Jones Boys. Visit Darynda at www.daryndajones.com. Or sign up for email updates here.
Also by Darynda Jones
Seventh Grave and No Body
Sixth Grave on the Edge
Death and the Girl He Loves
Fifth Grave Past the Light
Death, Doom, and Detention
Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
Death and the Girl Next Door
Third Grave Dead Ahead
Second Grave on the Left
First Grave on the Right
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Excerpt: Reye’s POV
About the Author
Also by Darynda Jones
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
EIGHTH GRAVE AFTER DARK. Copyright © 2015 by Darynda Jones. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Jones, Darynda.
Eighth grave after dark / Darynda Jones.—First edition.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-250-04565-2 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-4528-2 (e-book)
1. Davidson, Charley (Fictitious character)—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3610.O6236E34 2015
813'.6—dc23
2015005943
eISBN 9781466845282
First Edition: May 2015
