Grave Surprise (Harper Connelly Mysteries)
by Charlaine Harris
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Author: Charlaine HarrisEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-09-26
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 295
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Book Reviews of Grave Surprise (Harper Connelly Mysteries)
Book Review: This series has officially hooked me - I NEED to read book 3 now
Summary: 4 Stars
Plot Summary: A college professor invites Harper to prove herself in a psychic challenge in an old church graveyard. As Harper blithely reveals the identity and cause of death from grave to grave, she comes across two sets of bones underneath one headstone. The man has been in the dirt for a century or more, but the little girl's corpse is a shock. What's more, this is the same little girl who Harper searched for almost two years ago. A media frenzy descends upon Harper and Tolliver, along with the girl's family. Since the police are ever-suspicious unbelievers, it's up to Harper and Tolliver to solve this crime. In the midst of this mess, Harper has an epiphany about Tolliver that scares her into silent despair concerning her much loved step-brother.
A long time ago, back when my husband and I were carefree DINKs* living in that megatropolis knows as L.A., we had lunch at a restaurant on the Santa Monica Promenade. My hubby ordered a crispy, spicy chicken dish that had him raving and craving it for days afterward. Whenever we had a chance to eat out, he'd pester me to go back to this restaurant, which was only so-so to my taste. Each time he tried it again after that first nirvana experience, that chicken dish never came out the same. It was either burnt, over-seasoned, under-cooked, or dry and stringy. Some authors can be like this. One book will make you hunger for that same kind of satisfaction, which sadly, never happens again.
Happily, Charlaine Harris is NOT one of those writers. I am always amazed at her ability to craft intricate, involved plots, and I would swear on a bible that her characters are real people who are living and breathing somewhere right now. Harper is an average person with a horrific past, and an unusual gift, ability, curse, whatever you want to call it. Sometimes when I encounter a character with superhuman skills, I can predict what their reaction will be in a given situation. Harper acts like a real person, and there is nothing canned about her responses. She's like a stumble in my stride, and I'm always surprised and mildly embarrassed that I didn't see it coming.
Harper's moment of revelation was the most fascinating part of this story, and I'm so lucky I had the next book on hand, "An Ice Cold Grave," because I started reading book three immediately after I finished this one. I think you can guess what the revelation was, but I refuse to be a spoilsport. Sorry, you've got to read these for yourself.
*DINKs - Double Income No Kids
Summary of Grave Surprise (Harper Connelly Mysteries)
Charlaine Harris is already a star and a New York Times bestseller with her vampire mysteries starring Sookie Stackhouse and her Lily Bard mysteries. This second installment to her new supernatural mystery series might just be her biggest hit yet. Grave Sight's Harper Connelly is back, and her ability to find the dead and see their last moments is in higher demand than ever...A college class gets more than it bargained for when Harper gives a demonstration of her uncanny talent. Instead of just finding one body in an old grave, she finds two: the original occupant and a recently deceased girl whom Harper had tried, and failed, to find two years previously. To dispel suspicions about her own innocence, Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver undertake their own hunt to find the killer-only to find yet another body in the same grave.
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