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Loading... Dying for a Living: Books 1-3by Kory M. Shrum
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Belongs to SeriesDying for a Living (omnibus 1-3)
This omnibus includes the first three novels in the Dying for a Living series: award-winning novel, Dying for a Living, bestseller, Dying by the Hour, and their companion novel, Dying for Her.On the morning before her 67th death, it is business as usual for agent Jesse Sullivan: meet with the mortician, counsel soon-to-be-dead clients, and have coffee while reading the latest regeneration theory. Jesse dies for a living, literally. Because of a neurological disorder, she is one of the population's rare 2% who can serve as a death surrogate, dying so others don't have to. Although each death replacement is different, the result is the same: a life is saved, and Jesse resurrects days later with sore muscles, new scars, and another hole in her memory. But when Jesse is murdered and becomes the sole suspect in a federal investigation, more than her freedom and sanity are at stake. She must catch the killer herself--or die trying. And this is only the beginning of her epic 7-book adventure. Find out how a snarky young woman and her loyal friends just might save us all. No library descriptions found. |
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By: Kory M. Shrum
Narrated by: Hollie Jackson
Wow, this is such an incredible premise for a story! Death replacement agents! Someone who dies in the persons place. First, A person pays a special psychic and they do a study of the person they are paid to check on. Then the psychic determines how that person will die and when. They then hire a rare Death Replacement Agent and they follow them all day until the time they need to step in. All the technical issues are described in the book. This world is not quite like ours but still has the prejudices and it comes in play against anyone with this gift.
In book 1, Jesse is the main character, and she is one of these agents. She is almost killed for good when someone sets her up. The rest of the book not only gives the reader a clue about society and the Church's view about bringing back the dead but the threats against the people with the gift. The book also lets us know what it's like from the agents point of view. The characters are introduced, they are all very well developed and interesting. Book 1 looks for who is behind Jesse's murder attempt. 5 star book!
Book 2, many agents go missing and some of the people the agents have saved also are missing. Jesse and friends try to find out what is going on since they are on the list to disappear. More information about the characters and Jesse's background is exposed to the reader too. So many great characters in here and the interactions are emotional and engaging. The powers Jesse and her other friend that's an agent is growing. 5 star book!
Book 3, this book is more about Brinkley who is Jesse's boss. He is the one who got her into the field of being a replacement agent. It bounces back and forth from present to his past memories and back. The reason is that he knows he is going to die. It's a touching book and painful due to what he saw and experienced. 4 star book!
The books are incredibly, a unique take on dead coming back to life, prejudices, a fun and heartwarming fantasy, lots of suspense and scary situations, friendships, and what to do with your life.
The narration was good! I never once thought about the narration. When the narrator makes a mistake, it's obvious so no narrator wants you to remember its not real people. To me, I really got into it and they seemed like real people! 5 stars for the narrator! (