Beyond the Grave by Judy Clemens
Judy Clemens' fifth Grim Reaper mystery, Beyond the Grave , is creepy, disturbing, and darkly humorous. And, it's not the Grim Reaper who makes the novel creepy and disturbing. In fact, he's the comic relief, although he's also a thoughtful entity. Casey Maldonado is still haunted over two years later by the deaths of her husband and young son. She's been traveling ever since, accompanied by Death, in the form of the Grim Reaper. Or, sometimes, he changes clothes to fit whatever is happening. The Grim Reaper is particularly fascinated by clothes in movies, including Murder on the Orient Express in an early chapter. But, Casey gets off the train because she's desperate to escape all the young children on it. If Casey is looking for peace, she isn't going to find it in Idaho. In Beltmore, Casey is attacked by three men, but fends them off and flees for shelter to a church. It's there she meets Pastor Sheila, who wants help in cleaning up the evil in the a...