Grave Secret (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 4)
by Charlaine Harris
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Author: Charlaine HarrisEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-10-27
ISBN: 0425230155
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
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- ISBN13: 9780425230152
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Grave Secret (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 4)
Book Review: One Thing After Another
Summary: 4 Stars
One Thing After Another
Grave Secret (2009) is the fourth fantasy novel in the Harper Connelly series, following An Ice Cold Grave. In the previous volume, the killer took Harper from her car and taped her hands and mouth. Harper started kicking the killer as he drove into the woods.
Harper got away, found a knife on a dead man, and freed herself. Then the killer grabbed her and Harper stabbed him a few times. She got away again and fled toward the lake. She discovered that the killer had got there first, but then Ted and Nita shot him.
In this novel, Harper Connelly senses dead bodies, but lacks any other psychic abilities. She had been placed in foster care after the state convicted her stepfather and mother of child neglect and other crimes. When she reached her majority, Harper started her business of finding dead bodies for a fee.
Tolliver Lang is Harper's stepbrother, the son of Matthew and his first wife. He has been traveling with her as manager of her business. She has recently discovered that she lusts for him as well as loves him.
Matthew Lang is the father of Mark and Tolliver and the stepfather of Harper. He has been in prison for eight years, but was recently released.
Mark Lang is the son of Matthew and the older brother of Tolliver. He left home and got a job as soon as he could. After the arrest of his father and stepmother, Mark took Tolliver into his home.
Cameron Connelly is Harper's older sister. She has been missing for more than eight years. The local police believe that someone in a blue pickup truck had abducted her.
Mariella and Grace Lang are the daughters of Harper's mother and Tolliver's father. They had been adopted by Iona -- Harper's aunt -- and her husband Hank Gorham.
Lizzie Joyce is a very rich woman who lives on the RJ Ranch near Clear Creek, Texas. She is a former barrel rider and has won several championships.
Kate Joyce is Lizzie's younger sister. She is much like Lizzie, but less tall, wide, and mature.
Drexell Joyce is Kate's younger brother. He is less intelligent than his sisters.
Chip Mosely is manager of the RJ Ranch. He is also the boyfriend of Lizzie.
In this story, Harper and Tolliver have come to Texas on a case. Lizzie Joyce wants to know how her grandfather had died. According to the death report, Rich Joyce's cause of death was heart failure. Of course, the heart fails in every death.
Lizzie and Kate are waiting for Harper and Tolliver in the ranch house. Then a jeep arrives with Drexell and Chip. Everybody loads up and heads toward the cemetery.
The cemetery is located in the middle of nowhere. Harper takes off her shoes and walks over the graves, announcing the cause of death as she goes. When she reaches the vicinity of the Rich's grave, she finds the burial spot of Mariah Parish, his caretaker.
Mariah had died after birthing a baby. Both Drexell and Chip react to this news. Then Harper walks onto Rich's grave and senses that he had been startled by a thrown rattlesnake and then had a heart attack.
The Joyce party doesn't want to believe Harper's statements. Yet Lizzie pays the rest of Harper's fee. Then Harper and Tolliver leave for Garland, Texas, to visit Mariella and Grace.
During the visit with their sisters, Iona announces that she is pregnant. Harper is surprised that Iona could conceive at her age. The girls are thrown for a serious loop, but seem pleased at having a younger sibling.
Later, Harper and Tolliver dine with Mark. After their brotherly greeting, Mark and Tolliver dominate the conversation. Harper sits quietly and tries to remember what was odd about the visit with the girls.
Finally, it occurs to Harper that she had seen a letter in the kitchen that was written in Matthew's handwriting. She asks Mark if he knows that Iona has heard from his father. Then Mark admits that Matthew is out of prison and living with him.
Later, Lizzie and Kate visit Harper in Garland and ask what she knows about the missing baby. Naturally, she knows nothing about the living child, but she retains a private detective who is still searching for signs of Cameron. So Tolliver gives Lizzie the name and number of Victoria Flores.
After the Joyce sisters leave, someone shoots Tolliver. Harper gets a face full of broken glass. An ambulance takes them to the hospital.
This tale has a convoluted plot and many surprises. Tolliver and Harper have to face Matthew, whom they definitely don't trust. Then other deaths are revealed.
This novel resolves some long outstanding mysteries in Harper's life. It might be the last in the series, but maybe Harper and Tolliver will have additional adventures. Read and enjoy!
Recommended for Harris fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of psychic abilities, old deaths, and a bit of romance. If anyone has not previously read this series, the initial volume is Grave Sight.
-Arthur W. Jordin
Summary of Grave Secret (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 4)
Lightning-struck sleuth Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver take a break from looking for the dead to visit the two little girls they both think of as sisters. But, as always happens when they travel to Texas, memories of their horrible childhood resurface.
To make matters worse, Tolliver learns from his older brother that their father is out of jail and trying to reestablish contact with other family members. Tolliver wants no part of the man- but he may not have a choice in the matter.
Soon, family secrets ensnare them both, as Harper finally discovers what happened to her missing sister, Cameron, so many years before.
And what she finds out will change her world forever.
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