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    Grave Sight
    Grave Sight
    Grave Sight
    Audiobook7 hours

    Grave Sight

    Written by Charlaine Harris

    Narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan

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    About this audiobook

    Charlaine Harris writes bestselling mysteries described by Booklist as “gripping and spicy.” Grave Sight draws listeners into the intriguing world of Harper Connelly, a young woman with a unique gift: she can “see” the dead and how they died.

    A teenage girl missing from a small Ozarks town may have been murdered. Hired by local police, Harper locates the girl’s body in a nearby forest. But there’s more than one corpse in those woods, and the second one leads the police to unfortunate conclusions. Soon Harper and her
    assistant, her stepbrother Tolliver, are under suspicion. All they want is to get paid and get out of town, but they will have to clear their names first.

    The layers of intrigue quickly draw listeners into Grave Sight’s spell, and the surprising conclusion is sure to leave them eager for more of Harper’s cases.

    “Harris delivers a knuckle-gnawing tale populated with well-developed, albeit edgy characters. A nifty puzzle toward the end will challenge the most jaded mystery buffs.”—Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateDec 22, 2006
    ISBN9781440780547
    Grave Sight
    Author

    Charlaine Harris

    Charlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing for over thirty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area. She has written four series, and two stand-alone novels, in addition to numerous short stories, novellas, and graphic novels (cowritten with Christopher Golden). Her Sookie Stackhouse books have appeared in twenty-five different languages and on many bestseller lists. They’re also the basis of the HBO series True Blood. Harris now lives in Texas, and when she is not writing her own books, she reads omnivorously. Her house is full of rescue dogs.

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    • 4/5
      Charlene Harris has a talent for writing about the different and the damaged; Harper Connelly is both.Harris’ smooth writing style makes this book an easy read but that is not to say that the book is without substance. Harper Connelly and her brother are both people I want to know more about: ethical, loyal, brave and broken.Harris gives Connelly a distinctive and compelling voice. This is a woman who sees the world differently and is brave enough not to look away.Of course, there is a plot, complex enough to be intriguing and transparent enough to let you smugly anticipate the ending, but the plot is much less important than the characterization and the back story.Connelly can attribute her strangeness to neglectful, abusive parents and a bolt of lightning. The people she meets have no excuse for the monstrous things that they do or allow other people to do.As she does in her Sookie Stackhouse books, Harris leaves me feeling that the taken-for-granted violence and hatred in America is far more frightening and repellent than anything supernatural.I recommend that you buy not just this book, but the three that follow it, because I think that, like me, you will want to move from one book to the next in quick succession.
    • 2/5
      Good mystery. I expected more from this author... I really enjoyed her Sookie Stackhouse series.
    • 4/5
      Read from May 15 to 16, 2012Read for FunOverall Rating 4.00Story Rating 3.75Character Rating 4.25Audio Rating (not part of the overall rating): 4.00First thought when finished: I really enjoyed this story!What I Loved: Harper Connelly is a quirky, off-beat, and different type of leading character and I LOVED that about her. She embraces her gift of being able to tell how someone died and even turns it into a career. I am still not sure if the career is finding dead people or if it is identifying how someone died. It could be either and both would be super useful. Even though she is constantly met with cynicism she still helps people when she can. The mystery was pretty strong in this story and I enjoyed working it out. I figured out part of it half way through but the last twist I did not see coming. That is always fun!What I Liked: I really enjoyed learning a little bit about Harper's back story and getting glimpses of her family. I think these little windows into her past really rounded out Harper as a character and I can't wait to learn more.Audio Specific Review: Alyssa Bresnahan did a pretty good job at the narration. It took a bit to warm up to the male voices but I think she pulled off Harper well!Final Thought: This was a pretty good little mystery with a quirky lead character that I really liked!
    • 3/5
      This book has been a fun vacation ready, and I'm glad to be introduced to this series by Charlaine Harris. (I've already read a couple of titles from her Lily Bard series, and enjoyed them as well.)

      I was intrigued by the main character, Harper Connelly, and her ability of find dead people--which she does for a living. I read a review that compared this book series to the television show, "Medium," and I can see that now. The author has the Harper Connelly character handle this ability with mostly grace and professionalism, and sometimes with impatience that's understandable. The impatience, when it happens, seems to come at the crass remarks of ill-mannered clients, people who pay her to find a dead body but are uncomfortable with it for a variety of reasons.

      I'm still trying to see what Harper Connelly's stepbrother, Tolliver, really adds to the series. There were times when his character seemed like a distraction to the story, and it frustrated me when Connelly seemed emotionally dependent on him. Perhaps I'll understand their relationship better as I read more of the series.

      The story line was usually interesting, and I didn't get whodunit before the end.
    • 4/5
      Interesting to read a non Sookie Stackhouse novel from Ms. Harris. This is still told in first person which is not my favorite literary style, but nonetheless while damaged and somewhat fragile like Sookie, this is a completely different character. This book focused much more on human interactions with the living, with the dead, and with the unknown. So while somewhat supernatural in nature it doesn't have a fantastical feel to it like the Sookie Stackhouse novels. I will continue reading this series, and I hope that it turns out to be more than a one hit wonder.
    • 4/5
      Harper Connelly was struck by lightening as a teen and lived to tell about it. In fact, as a result of the electric bolt, she now can find others who have died and by being near the bodies, determine how they died, although she can't see the murderers when foul play is involved. With the help of her "brother" Tolliver Lang, they hire out across the country to assist in locating missing persons. In many cases, they provide information to local law enforcement personnel often giving them a different take on how the victims died. In Grave Sight, Harper not only finds the body of a murdered missing young lady, but also establishes that her dead boyfriend, originally ruled a suicide, did not in fact kill himself. She and her brother are held in town until the local sheriff and police can solve the mystery, in spite of Harper's insistence that she can't "see" the identity of the perpetrator.It's a pleasant read, and the reader has a fairly good inkling about 1/2 way through of who dunnit, but the story is so well written, it's easy to continue to the end to see if the hunches are correct.
    • 4/5
      A quick paranormal detective thriller. Classic detective story with a lot of mystery, not necessarily a lot of character development. I prefer the Sookie and Aurora series to this, so far - maybe as the series progresses, I'll grow to like it more. The idea of this pair moving from case to case is interesting, but, the whole brother/sister codependency relationship thing is a little weird.
    • 5/5
      The start of a new series, this paranormal mystery about a young woman struck by lighting who can now locate the dead and see the moment of their passing is surprisingly good. Though it doesn't take long for the reader to figure out the mystery, it really doesn't matter- it is the characters that carry this book along amd make it impossible to put down. I've read other books by Harris and enjoyed them, but this is head and shoulders above The Southern Vampire Series or the Aurora Teagarden mysteries. Highly recommended even if you don't normally enjoy Charlaine Harris.
    • 3/5
      I really liked Harris' Sookie Stackhouse, so I thought I'd give this series a try. It's pretty good. The world is ours - no vampires or other fantasy creatures in this book. Harper, like Sookie, has a limited paranormal ability - she can find dead people & see them, along with the few seconds of their death. The limitations of her 'gift' make the story more interesting.As a heroine, I didn't like Harper as well as Sookie. She's not a happy girl, more depressed & dwelling on her past too often (which she admits). She's a lot more vulnerable, but shows the same stubborn streak along with a moral sense that demands she 'makes things right'. She has a tougher time of it, too. She travels a lot & isn't well received.The writing is the same as the Sookie series. Well done, quick & easy to read. The plot was well done & exactly what I'd expect from Harris. The character of Harper permeates the book (as it should, since she's telling the story) & she's just not as upbeat as Sookie, so I didn't end the book with the same optimism, but I'm looking forward to reading the next!
    • 5/5
      I'm a huge fan of Ms. Harris' Sookie Stackhouse vampire novels (well, more paranormal than strictly vampires at this point), but this is my first taste of her other more traditional mystery fare. I literally gulped this and its first sequel down in a matter of a couple of days. Harris is a very character-driven author, which draws me in every time. This series borders on paranormal in a sense in that heroine Harper Connelly has a unique gift of finding dead bodies and ascertaining cause of death, a power she developed after surviving a lightning strike as a teenager. So, there is certainly an element of the other spiritual world explored, though the main characters are all mortal. I love both the main characters, and this was definitely a page-turner.
    • 5/5
      What a nice surprise. I have read Harris' Sookie series and thought this might be along the same lines. It kinda is, but it has a darker feel to it than Sookie. I guess one "knows" that Harper will survive, but... every scene that came up I wondered if she was going to get hurt, or arrested, or... something.There is a lot of character development, but it was slipped right into the story without making you feel like you were getting a time-out to learn something.I never try to figure out a plot before the end so while I was not really surprised at who the bad guy was, I spent the book not fully convinced it wasn't Harper's boyfriend all along. Though I will admit that Harper could have figured it out just a bit faster than she did... but anyway... I'll certainly read the rest of this series.
    • 3/5
      A solid start to the Harper Connelly series, and a solid entry in the subgenre of "paranormal mystery". I can't say that there was anything really startling or fresh about it, but it was one of those books that slip down seemingly without effort, and so it made for a very pleasant read (it was recommended to me by my sister for the new tradition of All Hallows Read, and I think she made a good choice).
    • 4/5
      Harper Connelly sees dead people.... Actually she doesn't see them so much as feel them... in her head and in her bones when they are near. Because of this special ability, she is called in to help various law enforcement officials across the South in locating missing bodies. When her and her step-brother Tolliver, who also acts as her business manager, are called in to help find a body in Sarne, Arkansas, they get a lot more than they bargain for.... And more than just a single dead body....This was a fairly decent start to what looks to be another interesting mystery series by Charlaine Harris. I can't say I loved it, but I did like it a lot. :-) Ms. Harris is a good writer. She doesn't make stupid mistakes, and she is good at pulling the reader into her world and drawing the people and places so they feel they are there. She doesn't over-describe or bog you down with details either, so the dialogue is punchy and the action is swift.I had a good idea who was behind what was going on in Sarne, so I only wish Ms. Harris had thrown in a red-herring or two to keep me off the trail, since I wasn't all that surprised at the end, having figured things out, even the clues left behind, before Harper and Tolliver did. I'll be looking forward to reading Grave Surprise, the next book in the Harper Connelly mystery series.
    • 4/5
      Grave Sight was the first in this series and my introduction to Harper and Tolliver who are the main characters of this story. Harper was struck by lightning when she was younger and now can find the dead as well as see the last few moments leading up to their death. She makes a living by going to different places and helping people find answers to different situations involving dead or missing persons. But the missing persons have to be dead for her to be able to do anything. Tolliver is Harper's stepbrother and main support system who accompanies her around the country. Harper is called to a small town where she finds the body of a missing girl but before she knows it she is caught up in a mystery and danger is all around her.I really liked Harper and thought that her "gifts" as you might call them led to an interesting read. I was wrapped up in this book and thought that it was a fast paced read. On the other hand, one of my dislikes (if you can call it that) was that Harper and Tolliver had a weird relationship. I didn't quite understand where the author was going with it so I'm eager to see how it evolves in the next book in this series. It was just different to be honest and I couldn't quite get a handle on it. I really enjoyed this book and will be continuing on with this series though. I'm a sucker for a mystery with some paranormal thrown in which is what this was. Harris is a fairly new author for me as I've only read one other book by her and I'm interested in reading more of her works.
    • 4/5
      The start of a new series by the same author who writes the Sookie Stackhouse books. This one features a heroine with a paranormal gift of sorts, but rather than a world full of paranormal stuff (like the Sookie stories), this takes place in a “normal” world and the heroine’s odd gift (she can sense the location of dead bodies and then can “see” what happened in the last few seconds of the person’s life) is the legacy of surviving a lightning strike when she was younger. It seemed to me to be a bit darker than the Sookie stories. I liked it and will want to read the next one in the series. B+.
    • 1/5
      Couldn't finish. It was boring.
    • 5/5
      Harper Conelly finds the dead, and once she's found them, she knows how they died. For a price, you can hire her to use her peculiar skill set to either attempt to locate a missing (dead) person, and/or to provide a cause of death. Hired to locate the body of a missing teen, Harper and her step-brother Tolliver do their job. Unfortunately, they stumble into far more local politics - and local secrets - than are healthy.Quirky and interesting. Definitely a page-turner.
    • 3/5
      Not as good as her Southern Vampire books but still a good read. Main characters are a little hard to figure out one minuet Harper is tough as nails and then the next she can’t do anything without her brother.
    • 3/5
      New series about Harper Connelly who has the ability – courtesy of a lightning strike – to find the dead. She and her brother – her business manager – end up in Sarne, Arkansas in a lot of trouble. While the premise is interesting, the characters are boring compared to Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse books.
    • 4/5
      I actually like this series better than Harris's Southern Vampire series, but I can't really put my finger on why -- I like the idea of a brother and sister working together to make money from a "handicap". I like that they travel around the country instead of all being in one place. I like that they are funny, and scary, and just a little bit gritty.
    • 4/5
      I really really liked this book. Very quick, easy, light, yet not boring or simple. Harper Connelly has a "gift" of being able to "hear" how people have died. They call to her and she literally vibrates with the energy of them. When she is near their bodies, she will actually see how their last moments on this earth were. She can't see who did them harm if that was the case, but she does feel what they felt. Her step-brother Tolliver is her side kick and he is ultra protective of her. I loved seeing how they interact together. Harper gets very frightened in storms, that's how she got her gift - being struck by lightening. He comes to her side immediately and that was very touching.Many doubt her gift thinking she's a phony, and many are angry to pay her for her service, and this aggravates both her and Tolliver. Understandable as she tries to explain this to a young 16 yr old Mary Nell whose brother Harper has freed from the suspicion of suicide, that she would expect to be paid if she were a therapist. As their stay in the town gets more convoluted with more of the dead piping up to poor Harper, it seems someone in the town does not want her there anymore and some very nasty things start happening. This takes place in a somewhat backwards small and small minded southern town where they think she is evil. The suspense is building all the way to someone actually shooting at her! I had my suspicions as to the who, but it didn't take away from the fun of this book.Miss Charlaine is just a great author in my opinion. She crafts great characters that you really want to know better. When I can breeze through a book and feel really good reading it, that author is aces for me. I will most definitely continue on with the next in this series Grave Surprise.
    • 4/5
      Interesting premise from an author that I always enjoy, with a much grittier feeling than the Southern Vampire Mysteries. I go to Charlaine Harris novels when I want to be entertained, and she never lets me down. This was a fun read, and I'll check out the rest of the books in the series. Hoping that the ending exposition isn't doled out in one big chunk again, though.
    • 4/5
      I read the second one first, and it intrigued me enough to want to follow up. I must say that this one was much more enjoyable. It is definitely a unique story, although I wasn't sure if I found Harper completely believable. She alternated so much between "strong capable woman" and "sniveling weeny totally dependent on her brother."
    • 4/5
      Great beginning to a new series by the author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels. I've got the second and third book and can't wait to read them. The characters are believable, the storyline intriguing and gripping. Well done Charlaine Harris!
    • 3/5
      I picked this one up because I enjoyed the Sookie Stackhouse mysteries as a real diversion and although the concept was interesting I wasn't entirely swept up.

      As a "book between books," it was fine. I may read the next in the series at some point, but it's not a big priority.
    • 4/5
      Lightning Struck Harper Connelly can now feel the energy of the dead, and the newer the stronger. Great new idea for a series by Charlaine Harris. I found this book refreshing with a great new storyline and entertaining characters.
    • 3/5
      Grave Sight is the first book in the Harper Connelly series written by Charlaine Harris. I picked this up for a bit of fun, and a so-called 'trashy' read and it didn't disappoint. Main character Harper has the ability to find dead bodies, as well as being able to determine how they died. I thought this concept was interesting enough to pursue for a light read.The book had a very promising start with Harper and her brother taking on paying jobs for clients who need her services. However; the entire novel focussed on one job for a client situated in a smallish USA town (albeit with multiple bodies), and contained too much romance for my liking.I would have enjoyed Grave Sight so much more if I was able to follow Harper working for many different clients over a greater period of time. It certainly would have provided more scope for the author and more variety for the reader. Having said that, it was an entertaining read and is probably best suited for Young Adult readers.
    • 3/5
      Like Sookie, Harper is very close to her [step]brother Tolliver and together they rent her abilities to the authorities and families of the deceased/missing to help solve crimes and bring closure. Harper too has gone through some challenging experiences from childhood to her teens, barely keeping it together so Social Services won't look their way and keep her and her siblings apart. Her youngest sister went missing and it's Harper's mission to find out what happened to her.With that being said, I struggled with Grave Sight, CHarris is a wonderful writer but Harper is a hard nut to crack. She's cold and I can almost see the walls she put up to turn off other people and readers too! Her defense mechanism is down pat that we can hardly see her world through her eyes and just stay focused on her work and what's happening around her.
    • 4/5
      Harper and Tolliver are interesting characters. A little dark, a little moody, a little lonely. Dedicated to each other. This series appears to be a bit more serious than Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series, but this initial book is just as good. I had almost guessed what the deal was with the relationship between Dell and Teenie, but there was a twist there I wasn’t expecting! I also read the little bit of the second book that was at the end, which I rarely do, and I think the second book will be as good as the first.
    • 4/5
      Love everything by Charlaine Harris! This is no exception.