For being such a somber character (and series), I'm really enjoying Harper (and her partner in crime and stepbrother Tolliver). I'm also intrigued how Harris structures a mystery in each book involving Harper and Connelly when they are so reluctant to get involved in solving it--their goal is to find the body, get paid, and get out. They're not detectives, and yet Harris gives them plausible reasons to stick around and figure out what happened to the victim.

Again, I thought Harris screwed up the ending by making the murderer turn out to be a crazy psycho killer who just started taking out everyone in their path who connected them to the dead girl, but AGAIN I didn't care because I enjoy the interplay between Tolliver and Harper, and Harper's strong desires to lead a normal life and knowing that just isn't in the cards for her because of her special dead-seeking talent. I appreciate a book that can make a supernatural talent seem like not only a burden, but not even particularly creepy. It just...is. And people's varying reactions to Harper's skill are part of what makes the books as interesting as they are.