Embrace the Grim Reaper by Judy Clemens

I picked this title up while I was checking in new books the other week. A young woman who's only companion is Death. He won't take her but he also won't leave her alone. It is slowly revealed that Casey has lost her husband and infant son in a terrible car wreck. The car company attempts to intimidate her and her family and friends would like her to go for more. So she packs up her backpack and leaves. She seems to have adequate money but she either walks or hitches rides with truckers. She is afraid of cars. When she lands in the small town of Clymer, Ohio she decides to stay for a time. She helps out at a local soup kitchen and discovers that the main employer in town, HomeMaker appliances is closing its door soon and moving its operations to Mexico. But one young, single mother believed that she knew that things would soon be changing. Now it seems that this woman has committed suicide - or was it murder? Casey will decide to find the truth behind all the lies and secrets in this small town and Death will continue to be an annoying, smart mouthed side kick. I'll look forward to the next title. I want to see how the author deals with certain items left from this novel.