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Charlaine Harris
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Grave Sight (Gollancz S.F.) |
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English |
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Paperback |
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272 |
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2007-09-13 |
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0575079231 |
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Gollancz |
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0.13 pounds |
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0.79 x 4.45 x 6.97 inches |
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New Ed |
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HARPER CONNELLY HAD A LUCKY ESCAPE WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING: SHE DIDN T DIE. BUT SOMETIMES SHE WISHES SHE HAD DIED, BECAUSE THE LIGHTNING STRIKE LEFT HER WITH AN UNUSUAL TALENT: SHE CAN FIND DEAD PEOPLE - AND THAT S NOT ALWAYS COMFORTABLE. EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT: IT S A LITTLE LIKE HEARING A BEE DRONING INSIDE HER HEAD, OR MAYBE THE POP OF A GEIGER COUNTER, A PERSISTENT, IRREGULAR NOISE THAT INCREASES IN STRENGTH AS SHE GETS CLOSER. IT S ALMOST ELECTRIC: A BUZZING ALL THROUGH HER BODY, AND THE FRESHER THE CORPSE, THE MORE INTENSE THE BUZZ. HARPER AND HER BROTHER TOLLIVER MAKE THEIR LIVING FROM FINDING THE DEAD, FOR DESPERATE PARENTS, WORRIED FRIENDS . . . AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO LOOK. THEY MAY NOT BELIEVE IN HER ABILITIES, BUT SOMETIMES THE PROOF IS JUST TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE MOST SCEPTICAL OF POLICE CHIEFS TO DENY. BUT IT S NOT ALWAYS EASY FOR SOMEONE LIKE HARPER, FOR THE DEAD *WANT* TO BE FOUND - AND TOO OFTEN, FINDING THE BODY DOESN T BRING CLOSURE; IT OPENS A WHOLE NEW CAN OF WORMS.
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Marianne (Australia) (2013/11/03):
Grave Sight is the first book in the Harper Connelly series by American author, Charlaine Harris. After being struck by lightning at fifteen, Harper Connolly is endowed with a special talent: she can find dead people and tell how they died. Life hasn’t been particularly kind to Harper, so she charges to use this talent, needing to make a living somehow, even if most people find this distasteful. With her step-brother and support system, Tolliver Lang, she comes to Sarne, a small town in the Ozarks, to find a missing local teenager, which she does with efficiency and respect. But it seems that someone in this small, somewhat incestuous community is unhappy about what Harper has revealed. Soon enough, Tolliver is in jail on a trumped-up charge and Harper fears for her own safety. In this foray into the paranormal, Harris has created a likeable if damaged heroine, an appealing sidekick and a cast of typical small-town characters. The dialogue is snappy and the plot has plenty of twists that, whilst entirely credible, will keep the reader guessing to the end. In this instalment, Harper is threatened, shot at, made love to and attacked. This is an excellent mystery and readers who enjoy this novel will look forward to the second book in the series, Grave Surprise.
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