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“Do not fear the Reaper, for he only comes to guide you home.”

A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching A Killer: A S.C.Y.T.H.E. Mystery by Maxie Dara

May 5, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

Kathy Valence is your usual office drone; nondescript, sensibly dressed, no real after-work life and content to keep her life that way. Sure, her job at S.C.Y.T.H.E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences), Natural Causes Department means that her job title could loosely be called “Grim Reaper” (actual title being Collector. got to go with the rebranding for a better experience!) but that doesn’t mean she wants excitement. At forty two, several months pregnant and in the midst of divorcing her husband/father of […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer, cozy paranormal mystery, Maxie Dara

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:40 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer, cozy paranormal mystery, Maxie Dara ·
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Don’t fear the reaper

A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer: A SCYTHE Mystery Book 1 by Maxie Dara

October 16, 2024 by ElCicco 1 Comment

This is a decent murder mystery featuring “grim reapers” and dead souls. It’s funny at times and includes some colorful support characters who clearly will play a big role in future novels in the series. I found it through a “Book Riot” recommendation. Book Riot is one of those book accounts on FB that pops up in my feed regularly and sometimes makes pretty good recommendations. A Grim Reaper’s Guide was good; not “wow, I can’t wait to read the rest of this series” good, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer, CBR16, ElCicco, Fiction, Maxie Dara, mystery

ElCicco's CBR16 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer, CBR16, ElCicco, Fiction, Maxie Dara, mystery ·
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