I'm sad to give such a low review rating to Darynda Jones but Death and the Girl Next Door did not work for me. 
 'It was OK' sums up my feelings. I had to really push myself to keep reading in case it was just a slow starter but I just kept getting more disinterested. 
 In classic Darynda Jones style the dialogue was the best feature of the book but it couldn't push away my boredom.