Grave Sight

Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 1

By: Charlaine Harris

Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan

Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

Grave Sight draws listeners into the intriguing world of Harper Connelly, a woman with a unique gift: she can "see" the deceased and how they died.

A teenage girl from a small Ozarks town is missing and feared dead. 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 raises questions no one wants to ask. Soon Harper and her stepbrother/assistant, Tolliver, are under suspicion. All they want is to get out of town, but they will have to clear their reputations first.

Charlaine Harris writes best-selling mysteries described by Booklist as "gripping and spicy", and praised by the Denver Post for their "goofy charm".

And hear more from the Harper Connelly series!

©2005 Charlaine Harris (P)2006 Recorded Books LLC

Critic reviews

"A strong debut that will have readers dying for more." (Booklist)
"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)

Enjoyable. Interesting. Recommend!

This was the second in the Harper Connolly series I have "read". I messed up in the order, but it didn't make a ton of difference. Since I so loved the Sookie Stackhouse mysteries, I was excited about starting this series. It took be just a bit to get into the story, but the storyline was good,Harper's "gift" is so unusual, the characters well developed and I had a hard time stopping the listen. I basically listened to it non-stop. The narration was the only problem I had as I felt it was too unemotional and made the main character seem very bland. It also made the relationship between Harper and her brother seemed strained, although based on the book that is not the case. The humorous remarks in the story had little emotion due to the narration. All in all, I would recommend this book and the series. It was very enjoyable and I loved the premise!

Harris is jumping to the top of my fav list

Very well scripted. I never know where her stories are going to end up other than GREAT!

WOW! A pleasent suprise...

What did you love best about Grave Sight?

The characters are interesting. The story is great and as realistic as expected.

What about Alyssa Bresnahan’s performance did you like?

She was great & fit the part perfectly.

Any additional comments?

I couldn't stop listening with book 1, book2, book3 etc. you'll love it!

Held my attention, interesting characters

Any additional comments?

The main characters are a pair of step siblings. The girl, Harper, is the one who having been hit by lighting can now find nearby dead bodies and pinpoint the manner of death. Her stepbrother Tolliver acts as her manager/bodyguard. One critic says, "and with whom she shares a thinly disguised physical attraction that they manage to keep at bay by engaging in casual sex with various partners". That sounds like a reasonable way to describe it. Something is a little off with the pair of them. I found them interesting despite this more from their background. Her mom married his dad, but the parents were lawyers who descended into poverty, crime and child neglect due to drug addiction, and her sister was abducted and assumed killed as a teen. I guess they are sort of interesting like a car accident is interesting so I felt compelled to keep listening. I figured out who did it and the motive in this one close to the end but it was close enough to the end that I didn't feel gypped.

Fine

Any additional comments?

It was okay... The Sookie Stackhouse series is by far better than this book and the first aurora Teagarden book. I was not very attached to the characters by the end and the predictability of the plot made it seem to drag out too long. However, I will give the second book a chance.

Love the story

The story is wonderful. Read it several times. I am sorry I purchased the audible. The narrator is horrible. She is very dry mouth and makes strange noises which is irritating and gross. Anyone else would have been better than her. It is shame.

It held my interest

What did you like best about Grave Sight? What did you like least?

It's a good story that held my interest although I had the parts put together about a 1/3 of the way in.

Which scene was your favorite?

Loved when she talks about how she does her work.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

I'd most likely see the film. I love Charlaine Harris-styled story's

Love the story and I enjoyed the narrator.

Love the story and enjoy the narrator. I strongly recommend this book. I plan to look up more books by this author and narrator.

great story!!! I listened to it twice!

Great story! I haven't found a bad Charlaine Harris novel yet! She opens the imagination up and pulls you in the story.

another great series by Ms Harris

great narrator for the "voice" of Harper.
pacing excellent and a good beginning for a memorable heroine.