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Grave Suprise

Author
Charlaine Harris
Genre
Media
Book
Publisher
Gollancz
ISBN
9780575078857
Reviewer
Jayne

Synopsis

A bolt of lightning struck Harper Connelly when she was 15, leaving her with a strange spider web of red on her torso and right leg, episodes of weakness, shakes and headaches - and an ability to find dead people. Harper is summoned to Memphis to demonstrate her unique talent, but there are still plenty of sceptics, even as Harper stands atop a grave and announces there are two bodies buried there. The police are convinced there's something fishy going on when the grave is opened to reveal the centuries-dead remains of a man, which they'd expected (that being his grave, after all) and a dead girl, which no one expected - except Harper, of course. And suspicions are raised even further because Harper had failed to find eleven-year-old Tabitha Morgenstern when she was abducted two years before. Harper and Tolliver need to find the real killer to prove Harper's innocence, especially after their nocturnal visit to the cemetery in hopes that Harper can sense something more is followed by the discovery, the following morning, of a third dead body in the grave ...

Review

Grave Surprise, turns out to be a great suspence and surprise all the way through the book. This is an author I have not read before but found a real gripping read.

Charlaine knows how to keep you wondering and I found her writing exceptionally easy to read and understand. But I don't think I would like the job that her main charactor, Harper and her step brother Tolliver have of finding out where people are and how they died. This is definitely a suspence and believers and sceptics will enjoy the story that evolves throughout the book.

I myself cannot wait for her to bring out another in this series, to follow on this book which is a debut book in this genre.

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