title: Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 1)
author:  Jeaniene Frost 
description: Jeaniene Frost is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of the Night Huntress series and the Night Huntress World novels. To date, foreign rights for her novels have sold to nineteen different countries. Jeaniene lives in North Carolina with her husband Matthew, who long ago accepted that she rarely cooks and always sleeps in on the weekends. Aside from writing, Jeaniene enjoys reading, poetry, watching movies with her husband, exploring old cemeteries, spelunking and traveling - by car. Airplanes, children, and cook books frighten her.
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  Jeaniene Frost
  
  
  This Side of the Grave
  
  
  A Night Huntress Novel
  
  
  ![logo](images/logo.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To Matthew, Melissa, and Ilona,
  
  
  for too many reasons to list.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  [Cover](cover.xhtml)
  
  
  [Title Page](titlepage.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter One](ch01.xhtml#ch01)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](ch02.xhtml#ch02)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](ch03.xhtml#ch03)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](ch04.xhtml#ch04)
  
  
  [Chapter Five](ch05.xhtml#ch05)
  
  
  [Chapter Six](ch06.xhtml#ch06)
  
  
  [Chapter Seven](ch07.xhtml#ch07)
  
  
  [Chapter Eight](ch08.xhtml#ch08)
  
  
  [Chapter Nine](ch09.xhtml#ch09)
  
  
  [Chapter Ten](ch10.xhtml#ch10)
  
  
  [Chapter Eleven](ch11.xhtml#ch11)
  
  
  [Chapter Twelve](ch12.xhtml#ch12)
  
  
  [Chapter Thirteen](ch13.xhtml#ch13)
  
  
  [Chapter Fourteen](ch14.xhtml#ch14)
  
  
  [Chapter Fifteen](ch15.xhtml#ch15)
  
  
  [Chapter Sixteen](ch16.xhtml#ch16)
  
  
  [Chapter Seventeen](ch17.xhtml#ch17)
  
  
  [Chapter Eighteen](ch18.xhtml#ch18)
  
  
  [Chapter Nineteen](ch19.xhtml#ch19)
  
  
  [Chapter Twenty](ch20.xhtml#ch20