#58 A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara

 

Kathy is separated from her husband but finds herself pregnant after a hookup with him one night, she is also working at a job that she has never shared any details with him about it.  She collects souls after they die and helps them get to the next stage. But one day the soul of a teen boy is missing and that never happens. Her boss tells her she needs to find it ASAP because if they don’t go on to the next stage in 45 days they become a ghost.  Things are not right with Connor’s death and when she does find him after a bit of snooping she finds out that someone from her company is responsible for his death. Now Kathy doesn’t know who to trust and turns to a retired coworker and her soon to be ex husband to help figre out who killed Connor. Not a lot of details about the S.C.Y.T.H.E, the company that does this besides the few basics but by the end of the book there will be some shakeups happening.

#59 Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher, Joel Richards (Narrator)

 

Istvhan is a paladin of a dead god working now for the order of another god. He is traveling North with another paladin on a secret mission using the guise of guarding a merchant. Sara is sister from a group of obscure nuns who is trying to track down her kidnapped sisters. They meet on the road and due to things they help one another track down their various goals. Along the way they become quite attracted to one another but are keeping secrets about themselves. An enjoyable story and I can’t wait to read more in this setting.