At first, the small Ozarks town of Sarne seems like no exception. Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver have become experts at getting paid and getting out of town fast - because people have a funny habit of not really wanting to know the truth. She can sense the final location of a person who's passed, and share their very last moment. Harper Connelly has what you might call a strange job: she finds dead people. Join Harper Connelly as she uncovers the secrets - and bodies - buried deep in this paranormal mystery series from bestselling author Charlaine Harris. She is best known for The Southern Vampire Mysteries series, which HBO later adapted for its dramatic series entitled True Blood. Her later books have been in the urban fantasy genre. She began to write books a few years later. Though her early work consisted largely of poems about ghosts and, later, teenage angst, she began writing plays when she attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

She now lives in Texas with her husband and enjoys visits from her three grown children and her grandchildren. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area of the United States.

Charlaine Harris Schulz is an American New York Times bestselling author who has been writing mysteries for over thirty years. Dust jacket has half-inch tear with crease on the back bottom left side, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. N2 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. With hostility welling up, she and Tolliver want nothing more than to be on their way. But the secrets of her death - and the secrets of the town - are buried deep enough that even Harper's special ability can't uncover them. The pair have been hired by local police to find a missing girl. Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver have become experts at getting paid and getting out of town fast - because people have a funny habit of not really wanting to know the truth.Īt first, the small Ozarks town of Sarne seems like no exception. Introducing Harper Connelly: a gutsy new heroine who makes her living finding the dead - telepathically!

Grave Sight, Part 1 by Charlaine Harris