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Rent Grave Sight (Harper Connelly Mystery, No. 1)
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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Published: Sep 2006
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Retail Price: $7.99
Pages: 320
Synopsis
The author of the bestselling Sookie Stackhouse books embarks upon a new series with this paranormal romantic mystery. Harper Connelly’s strange ability to locate dead bodies and intuit the cause of death has proven a lucrative line of work, but it hasn’t made her popular. She certainly feels less than welcome in the small Ozark town of Sarne, Arkansas, where wealthy matron Sybil Teague hires her to find the missing girlfriend of Teague’s dead teenage son. Nevertheless, when she actually finds the girl’s body, it becomes clear that the local sheriff is willing to go to considerable lengths to ensure that Harper extends her stay, forcing her to determine what other secrets--and unquiet dead--lie buried in Sarne.
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Reviews
I got this book because I enjoy the supernatural/mystery/humor of Charlaine Harris' 'Sookie' series but was quite disappointed in it. The main character is female and has supernatural abilities like Sookie, but is whiny, weak, and way too focused on earning money. And the plot is very serious and becomes predictable. So although I finished reading this novel, I won't read anymore of this series.
In this series by Charlaine Harris we have another female lead, this time Harper has had a tramatic event in her past that has given her a gift to find the dead. I had some trouble liking Harper because she tends to be weak and very dependent on her brother but as the book went on the charecter grew and I liked her better. She has a VERY close relationship with her step-brother that some find a little unsettling, but I had no problem with it myself. Harper is hired to find a missing teenager, in doing so she finds out that he was murdered along with his girlfriend. Harper finds herself having to solve the murder and getting drawn into the lives of the townspeople. Even though I pretty much had figured out who done it before the end I was interested enough in the story to finish and see how the secondary story line played into the main story line. I will finish the series because I like Charlaine Harris stories, and I want to see if Harper becomes a stronger person.
It was an easy read. I'll continue on with the series.