Grave Sight (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 1) |  | Author: Charlaine Harris
Publisher: Berkley
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Pages: 310
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0425212890
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780425212899
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Publication Date: September 26, 2006
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Harper Connelly has what you might call a strange job: she finds dead people. The way Harper sees it, she's providing a service to the dead while bringing some closure to the living-but she's used to most people treating her like a blood-sucking leech. Traveling with her stepbrother Tolliver as her manager and sometime-bodyguard, she's become an expert at getting in, getting paid, and getting out fast. Because for the living it's always urgent-even if the dead can wait forever.
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 Good but predictable. November 18, 2009
Mae Doe
I liked this book because I had read all of Charlaine's Sookie stuff, even the Sookie-verse short stories. I wanted to keep reading her stuff, so I gave this one a chance first because it had a supernatural twist. I found it to be a good read, but it was a little simple in a childlike way and way too predictable at times. However, this is her first book in the series, so I knew it would take a while for Charlaine to get into her characters and flow. The books get better as they go, so give this one a chance so you can start the series.
 Really Great Reading November 16, 2009
Courtney (Texas, USA)
Harper is a very interesting heroine. I really enjoyed this book. It is by far not on the level with some of her other works, because I have found a lot of inconsistencies in this series. I have to say though it is a great quick read and interesting.
 Great beginning November 7, 2009
Dawn J. Neri (Doylestown, Pa United States)
I came across this series after finishing the latest book in the True blood series. Charlene's talent of providing interesting characters is highlighted in the first book of this series. The tempo of the book is constant which is great because I didn't get bored awaiting for the next event to happen. Everyone in the book is flawed and has a more real to life feel than most murder mysteries.
Harper Connelly has a unique gift which brings her to Sarne to find and determine the cause of death of a young woman. The questions come up quickly and the answers aren't always easy. Charlene's hero is a reluctant detective who only finally becomes determined to find out the who and why of this crime.
I won't give anything away here. The writing is great and the ending is not as excepted and that in itself is wonderful.
Not at all bad unless you are looking for something Sookie-like November 1, 2009
T (NC)
"Grave Sight" is the first book in Harris' newest mystery series. After reading her Sookie Stackhouse books, I checked out all her other series. I am weirdly addicted to Charlaine's writing and her books will probably forever remain my guilty pleasure. I liked all Aurora Teagarden books (this librarian who lives in a tiny southern town sure finds herself in a middle of murder investigations quite often) and disliked Lily Bard series (too much pointless violence). I think I will like Harper Connelly.
This series has a little paranormal element to it, but it's very far from being an outright urban fantasy (like Sookie books are). After being struck by lightning, Harper can "feel" dead bodies and their causes of death. This is the extent of "paranolmacy," the rest is just straight mystery. In this book Harper and her step brother Tolliver are invited to Sarne, a small AR town, to help find body of a missing teenage girl. The body is found very quickly, but this discovery for some mysterious reason triggers a series of crimes, some against Harper and Tolliver. The two are forced to stay in town and eventually uncover who is behind these awful crimes.
I enjoyed this book very much. I found the characters very interesting and vivid (Harris is at her best here), and mystery engaging. Even though I figured out who the perpetrator was early on, I still enjoyed the writing. I did find that Harper's back story was a bit of stretch - mother and stepfather attorneys who succumbed to their drug addiction, sister kidnapped, father in jail, the list goes on. Nevertheless, I am planning to continue reading about Harper, the 4th book in the series just came out.
Harris explores new territory with a new heroine October 15, 2009
Erin K. Simons (Central Indiana)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was enticed to read Grave Sight because I adore author Charlaine Harris' better-known Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series, and hoped the fun might extend into Harris' new heroine, Harper Connelly. I don't seek out mysteries as a general rule, but I like Harris' characters and flip dialogue so much, I thought I'd give it a try.
I wasn't disappointed, but I didn't love it as much as her other series. Harper Connelly is a unique kind of private investigator -- after being struck by lightning as a teenager, she can now sense the location of dead bodies and see their last moments on earth. Her first adventure takes place in a small Ozark town where a young girl has been murdered, and the strange tale of her demise. Of course, since its a mystery, lots of twists and turns abound.
It's fun stuff, but I didn't leave the book with the "gotta get my hands on the next installment" feeling that I felt when Sookie's story was over. I will be seeking out Grave Suprise (book 2) but I don't have to make a special trip to Borders today to track it down in a frenzy.
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