The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Dead as a Doornail" introduces a new supernatural mystery series featuring Harper Connelly, a woman who...
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Nov 23, 2010
Zosia
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I adore Charlaine Harris’ quirky writing, and Harper Connelly is about as quirky as they come. You’re probably never going to come across another book where, thanks to being struck by lightning, the protagonist can find dead bodies. And you’re unlikely to find another author who can make such a ridiculous idea work. Harris is best known for her Sookie Stackhouse series, and Harper isn’t as popular or as loved, but I think she’s fantastic.
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I adore Charlaine Harris’ quirky writing, and Harper Connelly is about as quirky as they come. You’re probably never going to come across another book where, thanks to being struck by lightning, the protagonist can find dead bodies. And you’re unlikely to find another author who can make such a ridiculous idea work. Harris is best known for her Sookie Stackhouse series, and Harper isn’t as popular or as loved, but I think she’s fantastic.
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Mar 12, 2011
Kati
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At first, I thought that this books was great. But then... it didn't quite lose its momentum, I just stopped liking the characters. If I've actually ever liked them that is.
In this book, everything feels a bit off. You don't feel with or for the characters. Their past, their troubles, everything is just "described". They are really two-dimensional and you just... don't like them. Especially Harper.
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In this book, everything feels a bit off. You don't feel with or for the characters. Their past, their troubles, everything is just "described". They are really two-dimensional and you just... don't like them. Especially Harper.
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Mar 08, 2009
Jim
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I really liked Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, so I thought I'd give this series a try. It's pretty good. The world is ours - no vampires or other fantasy creatures in this book. Harper, like Sookie, has a limited paranormal ability - she can find dead people & see them, along with the few seconds of their death. The limitations of her 'gift' make the story more interesting.
As a heroine, I didn't like Harper as well as Sookie. She's not a happy girl, more depressed & dwelling on her More...
As a heroine, I didn't like Harper as well as Sookie. She's not a happy girl, more depressed & dwelling on her More...
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Feb 24, 2009
Lisa
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Thank goodness Charlaine Harris has more than one series going, so I can continue to get my fix! This woman is an extremely talented writer and has come up with another character worth reading about. Harper Connelly is a woman who was struck by lightning as a teen, and this has left her with the ability to find dead bodies and say what they died of. She makes her living doing this, which is the core of this book series. In Grave Sight, Harper is called to a town to find the body of a young girl
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Dec 23, 2008
Lesley
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This book has been a fun vacation ready, and I'm glad to be introduced to this series by Charlaine Harris. (I've already read a couple of titles from her Lily Bard series, and enjoyed them as well.)
I was intrigued by the main character, Harper Connelly, and her ability of find dead people--which she does for a living. I read a review that compared this book series to the television show, "Medium," and I can see that now. The author has the Harper Connelly character handle t More...
I was intrigued by the main character, Harper Connelly, and her ability of find dead people--which she does for a living. I read a review that compared this book series to the television show, "Medium," and I can see that now. The author has the Harper Connelly character handle t More...
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Jun 11, 2011
Amy or "Ames"
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I started off reading the book and listening to the audio at the same time but the narrator, Ms. Monotone put me off so I gave up on her and relied on my own inner voice as I read the rest of the book by myself.
The first half was pretty interesting but at 51% I'd guessed the main murderer and the motive. After that, the book was no longer as interesting as I waited to be proved right or wrong. The violent attempts on Harper's life kept me reading but if it hadn't been for those the r More...
The first half was pretty interesting but at 51% I'd guessed the main murderer and the motive. After that, the book was no longer as interesting as I waited to be proved right or wrong. The violent attempts on Harper's life kept me reading but if it hadn't been for those the r More...
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May 24, 2011
Tatiana
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"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 Ha
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Sep 20, 2008
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First in the Harper Connelly paranormal mystery series, featuring this young lady who has the ability to speak to the dead after being struck by lightning at the age of fifteen. She and her step-brother, Tolliver, travel around taking assignments to locate bodies. They work mostly on word of mouth, and for the most part are treated as something akin to the freaks in a circus side-show. While Harper can’t tell who killed the person if they were murdered, she can tell how they died, and actually r
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Mar 15, 2009
Andrew
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I read through this book quickly, in two settings, and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I read it for a book club that I am sort of a member of (only "sort of" because I only ever started reading the books they were reading because they meet at the store where I work, while I'm working), and wasn't sure if I'd get much of anything out of it. It is a book that walks the tightrope between two currently-popular genres, "cozy romance-themed mystery" and "chick-lit par
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Jan 23, 2012
Viktoria (TToria)
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Having read and enjoyed The Sookie Stackhouse series (True Blood) by best-selling author Charlaine Harris, i was intrigued to read another series she had under her belt: The Harper Connelly Mysteries.
This time Harris focuses on a different kind of paranormal. In place of vampires and shape shifters there is only one supernatural character and she is able to connect to the dead.
Ok, not my usual cup of tea- being scared by my own shadow an all, but i gave the first book ( More...
This time Harris focuses on a different kind of paranormal. In place of vampires and shape shifters there is only one supernatural character and she is able to connect to the dead.
Ok, not my usual cup of tea- being scared by my own shadow an all, but i gave the first book ( More...
Jan 22, 2012
Babs
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What an intense book. It really doesn’t seem to be an intense read, when you first start the story. However, it continually builds and builds; the evolving tension is almost imperceptive. As you read on; the friction builds and intensifies; but you don’t to realize it right away – or, at least, I didn’t.
I’ve read one book in this series before and enjoyed it. However, I did not remember how intense and gripping the story was. This second book was in the same vein. It starts out More...
I’ve read one book in this series before and enjoyed it. However, I did not remember how intense and gripping the story was. This second book was in the same vein. It starts out More...
Nov 06, 2011
Alvi
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Having read and loved all the Sookie Stackhouse books, I was really looking forward to my first foray into the Harper ‘Grave’ books. Harper, a troubled and intense young woman (all for very good reasons) and who is managed by her tall, acne-scarred older half-brother, Tolliver, senses dead people. In fact, she has a tidy little business travelling the United States finding them for various people mainly for the purposes of personal and legal ‘closure’. Struck by lightening as a child, Harper fe
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Mar 28, 2011
Andee-louise
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I really enjoyed this and was surprised, it isn't what I would usually go for, but it was recommended and I thought I'd give it a whirl. It isn't as scary or creepy as you might think given the main character's job, and the writing is involving, you are not aware of the writer's craft as sometimes happens.
It is written in the first person and so it is pure storytelling - no bogging down with heavy artistic descriptions (big yawn from me for those). The characters are interesting; I More...
It is written in the first person and so it is pure storytelling - no bogging down with heavy artistic descriptions (big yawn from me for those). The characters are interesting; I More...
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Mar 16, 2011
Morven
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I have two friends who were fans of Charlaine Harris' mysteries way before the Sookie Stackhouse series. They both recommended the Lily Bard series and this one, the Harper Connelly series. The premise of Harper Connelly's story interested me more, so I started with this one.
I'm not giving it 5 stars because it didn't knock my socks off, but I really did like it and enjoyed the character of Harper Collins. She's more intelligent and level-headed than Sookie Stackhouse, but I liked th More...
I'm not giving it 5 stars because it didn't knock my socks off, but I really did like it and enjoyed the character of Harper Collins. She's more intelligent and level-headed than Sookie Stackhouse, but I liked th More...
Feb 02, 2011
Marleigh
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First line: "The silent witnesses lie everywhere, passing from one form of matter to another, gradually becoming unrecognizable to their nearest and dearest."
Summary: Woman who can psychically find dead bodies gets drawn into a small town murder mystery.
I was kind of surprised this was by Charlaine Harris, who also writes the Sookie Stackhouse novels. The Sookie novels are all about the guilty pleasures: a likable protagonist, creepy mysteries, murders to solve, st More...
Summary: Woman who can psychically find dead bodies gets drawn into a small town murder mystery.
I was kind of surprised this was by Charlaine Harris, who also writes the Sookie Stackhouse novels. The Sookie novels are all about the guilty pleasures: a likable protagonist, creepy mysteries, murders to solve, st More...
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Jan 31, 2011
Karen
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Having read and loved all the Sookie Stackhouse books, I was really looking forward to my first foray into the Harper 'Grave' books. Harper, a troubled and intense young woman (all for very good reasons) and who is managed by her tall, acne-scarred older half-brother, Tolliver, senses dead people. IN fact, she has a tidy little business travelling the States finding them for various people mainly for the purposes of personal and legal 'closure'. Before you conjure up images of THAT movie (the M.
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Jan 20, 2011
Hunnybunnyknits
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This is the second Harper Connelly book I've read, though it is the first series. I find them thoroughly enjoyable, minus the level of discomfort I feel with her relationship choice. I get it, and I "know" that technically it's fine but the way the author writes about it makes me feel uncomfortable. This is also the author of The Southern Vampire books which I really enjoy as great fluffy reads but this is different.
Harper has a gift to find dead bodies, only dead bodies. She More...
Harper has a gift to find dead bodies, only dead bodies. She More...
Dec 19, 2010
Andrea
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The story was good, very very very predictable. I knew the ending about 5 chapters before the main character got to it, so that was irritating. It was written EXACTLY like the Sookie books. Which I don't love. I was always just under the assumption that that was how she wrote Sookie, but I'm coming to see that that's her writing style and it's not exactly how I like to read books. She mentions every.single.stupid detail. Like do I really need to know how the main character feels about the color
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Dec 14, 2010
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Harper Connelly makes a living finding bodies and figuring out how they died, but she's not a cop. When she was young, she was struck by lightning, which gave her the ability to sense the dead.
Yup. That's right. She can sense the dead. They buzz in her brain until she's right over them and then she sees their last moments.
Cemeteries can give her a peaceful buzz or a major headache. The more recent the death, the loude More...
Harper Connelly makes a living finding bodies and figuring out how they died, but she's not a cop. When she was young, she was struck by lightning, which gave her the ability to sense the dead.
Yup. That's right. She can sense the dead. They buzz in her brain until she's right over them and then she sees their last moments.
Cemeteries can give her a peaceful buzz or a major headache. The more recent the death, the loude More...
Dec 09, 2010
Jasmine
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Oct 28, 2010
Silver Thistle
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This is the first Charlaine Harris book I've read so didn't know what to expect. Story-wise it's a good mystery and I didn't guess the ending until...well, the end. I just never really felt connected to the characters though. Harper is really hard to figure out, one minute she's streetsmart and mouthy, the next she's a wreck and can't function because she's like a little-girl-lost. I'm not sure if this will be explained a little more in the next books but so far she's not that likeable. Her brot
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Oct 18, 2010
Carine
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Last June, I received a Sony eReader (PRS-600)for my birthday. Being swamped with work, I did not take the time to buy ebooks before I left for our summer vacation. But before leaving for Florida on Oct. 2, I bought two ebooks and downloaded lots of free ebooks.
I bought Grave Sight because I read very good reviews of the Harper Connelly series by Charlaine Harris, here on GoodReads. Since I am reading the Sookie Stackhouse books in French, I wanted to discover Charlaine Harris in her More...
I bought Grave Sight because I read very good reviews of the Harper Connelly series by Charlaine Harris, here on GoodReads. Since I am reading the Sookie Stackhouse books in French, I wanted to discover Charlaine Harris in her More...
Jun 30, 2010
Reading Angel
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I wasn't sure what to expect when I started reading this book. I've read alot of mixed reviews for this series, but I wanted to give it a go and see what I thought for myself. I'm glad I did. Harper Connelly was struck by lightning when she was young, ever since she had been able to sense dead bodies. She finds them, and then she can see their last moments, find out how it was that they died.
Harper gets called to Sarne to find a missing teenage girl, but when she gets the More...
Harper gets called to Sarne to find a missing teenage girl, but when she gets the More...
May 26, 2010
I quite liked this book. It's a murder mystery series, where the main girl has been hit by lightning, resulting in her ability to find dead bodies (within reason, she has to know the general vicinity) and can "see and hear" their final moments, establishing cause of death.
This book is unlike Charlaine's others in the way that Harper Connelly's world doesn't involve vampires and wares and other crazy people, so she's pretty much considered a freak and most people are afraid of he More...
This book is unlike Charlaine's others in the way that Harper Connelly's world doesn't involve vampires and wares and other crazy people, so she's pretty much considered a freak and most people are afraid of he More...
Apr 18, 2010
Monica
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Boy do I feel foolish for having put off starting this series. This was such a good read! I couldn't stay away from it for too long. Harper Connelly has the dubious gift of being able to find bodies and relive their final moments as they died. She gained this ability after having been struck by lightening as a teen. She has made finding the missing or discerning the cause of death her work, assisted by her step brother. They have an unusually strong bond formed from their struggle to survive the
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Apr 02, 2010
Mandy
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Like most readers of this series, I started it because I love the Sookie Stackhouse books.
Grave Sight is the first book of the Harper Connelly mysteries, and while I enjoyed it, it's definitely no Dead Until Dark.
Haper Connelly and her step brother, Tolliver, travel the country working with law enforcement agencies to find the remains of the deceased - a useful skill Harper picked up when she was struck by lightening several years ago.
I found the story to be entertaining and th More...
Grave Sight is the first book of the Harper Connelly mysteries, and while I enjoyed it, it's definitely no Dead Until Dark.
Haper Connelly and her step brother, Tolliver, travel the country working with law enforcement agencies to find the remains of the deceased - a useful skill Harper picked up when she was struck by lightening several years ago.
I found the story to be entertaining and th More...
Mar 16, 2010
vylit
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I love the hell out of this book.
Both Tolliver and Harper were engaging and likable without being over the top perfect or beloved by all. I think the strength of this book was definitely in the relationship between them, which was fascinating, complicated, and codependent.
Harris does address the ways in which Harper's abilities would be difficult for her and the negative reactions people would have to it. The mystery was interesting, and I didn't think the people in More...
Both Tolliver and Harper were engaging and likable without being over the top perfect or beloved by all. I think the strength of this book was definitely in the relationship between them, which was fascinating, complicated, and codependent.
Harris does address the ways in which Harper's abilities would be difficult for her and the negative reactions people would have to it. The mystery was interesting, and I didn't think the people in More...
Nov 26, 2009
Larissa
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Harper Connolly is not your average girl, she has a 'gift'. She can find the dead. She can't talk to them or see them, only find their bodies after their life has expired. Harper makes her living using the gift god, and a lighting bolt, gave her; and not everyone likes that.
Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver have entered the town of Sarne, or as Harper likes to think of it Hell, for nothing seems to go right from the moment they enter the town. It was supposed to be a simple job, a qu More...
Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver have entered the town of Sarne, or as Harper likes to think of it Hell, for nothing seems to go right from the moment they enter the town. It was supposed to be a simple job, a qu More...
Nov 02, 2009
Tina
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I have never read a Charlaine Harris book. I did not (and probably won't) read her Sookie Stackhouse series because a) I discovered them when my vampire paranormal reading enjoyment was seriously on the wane and 2)I really like the Alan Ball version of her books on HBO. So I prefer to stick with the televised series and not read the books.
I hadn't realized until very recently that she wrote other series. I saw a blurb on the most recent Harper Connelly book and it looked very int More...
I hadn't realized until very recently that she wrote other series. I saw a blurb on the most recent Harper Connelly book and it looked very int More...
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