A GRIM REAPER'S GUIDE TO CATCHING A KILLER

The unlikely duo of a grim reaper and her teenage catch investigate the boy’s insistence that his death was murder.

Everything you’ve heard about death is true, from the soul moving on to another place to the grim reaper coming to collect you. Well, that last part is a little more bureaucratic than you’d think, thanks to S.C.Y.T.H.E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences), an under-the-radar agency that’s just like the post office except that instead of delivering mail, it collects souls. Like all bureaucracies, S.C.Y.T.H.E. is full of employees who are just doing their jobs without asking a lot of questions, and middle-aged Kathy Valence is one of them—at least until she goes on a routine pickup and learns that 507032, the soul of 17-year-old Conner Ortiz, is nowhere to be found. With just 45 days to get Conner to move on or become a ghost, Kathy has no idea what to do, and her intense boss, Stu Calhoun, seems to have a bee in his bonnet about the case. Weird. Nor is that the extent of Kathy’s troubles, since she’s still sorting things out as a soon-to-be first-time mother with her almost-ex-husband, Simon. Maybe this crazy case is the perfect distraction from her personal life. Once Kathy finally finds Conner, things only get more complicated. He insists that he’s been murdered by someone within the S.C.Y.T.H.E. organization, and he refuses to go with Kathy until she helps him figure it all out. Unsure whether she has any other options, Kathy teams up with Conner in a chalk-and-cheese combination sure to lighten the darkest mood.

Come for the mystery, stay for the punched-up pairing. This new series is one to watch.