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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
Charlaine Harris has previously written an 8-book series about librarian Aurora Teagarden and a 5-book series about housekeeper-cum-private detective Lily Bard. Currently, besides the immensely popular Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire series, Ms. Harris writes another wonderful paranormal mystery series about Harper Connelly, who is able to find (and, to some extent, "read") dead bodies as a result of having been struck by lightning when a teen.
Harper and her step-brother Tolliver Lang have turned her talent into a business, travelling the country detecting bodies, mostly in order to provide closure for relatives of missing persons. Because she is able to read what was going through the victim's mind just before death, she has occasionally helped solve a suspicious death.
In this book, the fourth in the series, Harper and Tolliver are in Texas, visiting the two little girls they both regard as sisters, who have been taken in by their aunt and uncle. Tolliver's older brother Mark informs him that their father has been released from prison, and would like to reconnect with his children to start over. Neither Tolliver or Harper believe that Matthew Lang has become a new man, and their suspicions seem justified when he approaches the little girls without permission from their adoptive parents.
This complicated situation is further convoluted when Tolliver is hit by a bullet they believe was intended for Harper. But is the gunshot related to the case they just completed, also in Texas, or to something much deeper in their past?
Grave Secret was unputdownable, and I stayed up way too late finishing it. Having forgotten that this is the last volume in the series, I was upset when I finished the book, although the ending does provide some very satisfying conclusions.
Harper and her step-brother Tolliver Lang have turned her talent into a business, travelling the country detecting bodies, mostly in order to provide closure for relatives of missing persons. Because she is able to read what was going through the victim's mind just before death, she has occasionally helped solve a suspicious death.
In this book, the fourth in the series, Harper and Tolliver are in Texas, visiting the two little girls they both regard as sisters, who have been taken in by their aunt and uncle. Tolliver's older brother Mark informs him that their father has been released from prison, and would like to reconnect with his children to start over. Neither Tolliver or Harper believe that Matthew Lang has become a new man, and their suspicions seem justified when he approaches the little girls without permission from their adoptive parents.
This complicated situation is further convoluted when Tolliver is hit by a bullet they believe was intended for Harper. But is the gunshot related to the case they just completed, also in Texas, or to something much deeper in their past?
Grave Secret was unputdownable, and I stayed up way too late finishing it. Having forgotten that this is the last volume in the series, I was upset when I finished the book, although the ending does provide some very satisfying conclusions.
I liked the book and it was a good ending to the series. However, the science in it was flawed. Spoilers for those who haven't read it yet- two people with brown eyes can have a green-eyed baby. The odds are slim but it is definitely possible.
Quirky, character driven I love this series. And it is a series. Don't start with this book. Each book is a separate mystery but the character back story develops with each book. This book ends an arc answering questions and raising new possibilities. I look forward to future installments.
the final book in this series, it was just as intriguing and entertaining as the others.
Almost DNF. Not a series I would recommend. Wooden characters.
When lightning struck Harper Connelly, it left her with the ability to tune in to the dead. Once she's in close proximity to a dead body, she can sense...almost relive...their last moments. She's turned that gift into a business, but when she returns to Texas, her home state, to do a job for a wealthy family there, it begins to get personal.
Harper is an engaging character, but despite her protestations, I find her romantic relationship with her stepbrother a little icky and saw the solution to her family's long unsolved mystery coming a mile away. This is not the best of this series of books, and not the best of Charlaine Harris' work.
Harper is an engaging character, but despite her protestations, I find her romantic relationship with her stepbrother a little icky and saw the solution to her family's long unsolved mystery coming a mile away. This is not the best of this series of books, and not the best of Charlaine Harris' work.
This defnitely is the best of the series.There isn't as much of the searching for bodies with Harper's ability. I missed this aspect a lot, but what this reader/listener got in return is a heavy duty look at Harper's background. The poverty, the drug addicted parents, the kids all trying to keep the family together as best they can. There is also a look at the time of the disappearance of Cameron, the oldest sister.
This had the feel like it could be the last of the series. A lot of issues are addressed, but it could also clear the way for Harper and Tolliver to move on, so there could be more books. I hope so, cause this one was a humdingah.
Harper is hired by a wealthy family in Texas and the trouble begins. Someone is shooting at Harper and people around her are getting hurt.
GRAVE SECRETS has some serious twists and turns and many "Holey McCrappes!" left my lips.
Five if this the end it's a humdingah way to go beans.......
This had the feel like it could be the last of the series. A lot of issues are addressed, but it could also clear the way for Harper and Tolliver to move on, so there could be more books. I hope so, cause this one was a humdingah.
Harper is hired by a wealthy family in Texas and the trouble begins. Someone is shooting at Harper and people around her are getting hurt.
GRAVE SECRETS has some serious twists and turns and many "Holey McCrappes!" left my lips.
Five if this the end it's a humdingah way to go beans.......
The first 3 novels in this series were great. Then came this one. It started off promising, then it turned into more about Tolliver's father, and less about finding bodies. While I'm glad that the mystery of Cameron has been solved, the ending was anti climatic. I would have preferred Harper finding more bones, and less about the family.
I thought this book was a nice ending to the Harper Connelly series.
Thankfully the references to Tolliver as Harper's brother were reduced. I like them together as a couple.
I thought everything wrapped up a little quickly - especially the Cameron storyline and the wedding (what wedding?) but it was an enjoyable murder mystery.
Thankfully the references to Tolliver as Harper's brother were reduced. I like them together as a couple.
I thought everything wrapped up a little quickly - especially the Cameron storyline and the wedding (what wedding?) but it was an enjoyable murder mystery.