80. The Dead Couple by Jason Krumbine
Genre: Urban Fantasy
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Acquired: 10/27/11
Book of Your Shelf? No
Why I read it: Book Tour
Series: The Grym Brothers (1)

Thane and Mort, the Grym brothers and Grim Reapers for souls that did not find their way to the afterlife, have a new assignment. There are two souls that should have crossed easily, but for some reason they didn't. Jack and Cindy are happily married, but something pushed them over the edge and they became suicides. Now usually suicides are the easy one, they wanted to die and move on, but something didn't seem to work that way in this case. Meanwhile, Thane and Mort are still trying to find time to figure out what happened to their father who disappeared two years ago and figure out what the new Grim Reaping company that just moved into time is really up to.

Not quite as entertaining as the first in the seris, The Dead Couple still had my attention throughout the entire story. Mort and Thane are still at the brotherly bickering and both still have their bad habits. Thane is constantly trying to do the good deeds and help the lost souls really find peace, but it only seems to get them into more trouble. And with Mort's love life and gambling debts thrown into the mix there's a lot going on. Somehow, they manage to handle it all and still keep on track trying to find the souls of Jack and Cindy.

3/5