Driver for the Dead Series by John Heffernan

Alabaster Graves is a driver for the dead. As a twenty-year veteran of funeral homes, mortuaries, and coroners’ offices across the Deep South, he has chauffeured hundreds of bodies to their final resting places. Although the trip itself isn’t always so restful. Graves is a “specialty driver”, one who’s called in for the more unusual assignments that come down the pike… And, unusual equals dangerous, well, that’s just a job that pays more... moreAlabaster Graves is a driver for the dead. As a twenty-year veteran of funeral homes, mortuaries, and coroners’ offices across the Deep South, he has chauffeured hundreds of bodies to their final resting places. Although the trip itself isn’t always so restful. Graves is a “specialty driver”, one who’s called in for the more unusual assignments that come down the pike… And, unusual equals dangerous, well, that’s just a job that pays more. That’s just what Alabaster is about to get when the assignment to transport the body of renowned voodoo priest, Mose Freeman, drops in his lap. With Freeman’s sultry granddaughter riding shotgun, Alabaster must cover the distance from Shreveport to New Orleans to retrieve the remains. What he doesn't know is that he's being pursued by a resurrectionist named Fallow. Fallow id a necromancer who gets his power from stealing body parts... and for whom the corpse of Mose Freeman would be the ultimate prize. less

After successfully retrieving the body of Mose Freeman, Driver for the Dead Alabaster Graves and Mose’s great-grandaughter Marissa Freeman are headed back to New Orleans to give the renowned witch doctor a proper burial. Road trips make for strange conversation – and Graves’ stories are enough to give Marissa second thoughts about her skepticism. Unfortunately for the driver, the undead patchwork necromancer Uriah Fallow is hot on their trail, and he’s after Mose’s most protected secret... moreAfter successfully retrieving the body of Mose Freeman, Driver for the Dead Alabaster Graves and Mose’s great-grandaughter Marissa Freeman are headed back to New Orleans to give the renowned witch doctor a proper burial. Road trips make for strange conversation – and Graves’ stories are enough to give Marissa second thoughts about her skepticism. Unfortunately for the driver, the undead patchwork necromancer Uriah Fallow is hot on their trail, and he’s after Mose’s most protected secret. But when Fallow captures Marissa, it’s up to Graves to get her back, and the only ally he’s got is the mysterious magic of Grandma Hattie. But what is Mose’s secret, and how will Graves rescue Marissa? less

Alabaster Graves is the Driver for the Dead. He and his hearse, Black Betty, handle the more “lively” cases in New Orleans: vampires, angry ghosts, the not-quite-dead. Alabaster has been sent to retrieve the body of one of the town’s most famous and beloved spirit healers, Mose Freeman, with Mose’s granddaughter Marissa along for the ride. Unbeknownst to Graves, he is not the only one after Mose’s body... moreAlabaster Graves is the Driver for the Dead. He and his hearse, Black Betty, handle the more “lively” cases in New Orleans: vampires, angry ghosts, the not-quite-dead. Alabaster has been sent to retrieve the body of one of the town’s most famous and beloved spirit healers, Mose Freeman, with Mose’s granddaughter Marissa along for the ride. Unbeknownst to Graves, he is not the only one after Mose’s body. An evil necromancer named Uriah Fallow, along with his gang of undead toughs, has been on Graves trail. Fallow and his gang have been murdering renowned supernatural practitioners and stealing their powers by attaching powerful pieces of their corpses to his own piecemeal, undead personage. Fallow needs one more piece from Mose Freeman before he can complete his master plan. Follow Graves as he tries to rescue Marissa from Fallow’s henchmen and recover Mose’s body back in order to restore order and deliver his corpse to its rightful place of rest. less