he can still find humor at his own expense ... Anita always seemed to me to be a singularly humor-impaired character

In the first few Anita books, she was grim, but just when I was thinking "this is too dark" she'd make some quip that kept me going. And I will give LH this, she made me care about what happened to characters I didn't like in a world I didn't enjoy visiting. That's a hell of a feat. But there was some glimmer of humor there, which was unfortunately the first of her attractive features to go. (I find it very interesting that the last friend who told me how much she liked the Anita books had come in long after the series turned to soft porn and hadn't read the original mysteries. Whole different mindset and expectations.)

Harry has a sense of humor, although it seems almost imposed on him; Bob and his libidinous fixations, Took and the pizza, Chauncy the demon with his Giles-like accent and glasses. The few jokes Harry makes are always fairly grim, told in grim surroundings. But at least he remains a realistic human with realistic problems/enemies.

I know at least two people who like paranormal mysteries and like grim better than I do; the books will end up in a good home.