An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly Series #3)

fin psychic mystery

The residents of Doraville, North Carolina fear the worst as the number of runaway boys seems improbable. The townsfolk believe a serial killer is living amidst them murdering their male offspring. Against the opinion of Sheriff Sandra Rockwell, psychic detective Harper Connelly and her manager stepbrother Tolliver Lang come to the town to find the missing boys. To the horror of both women and Tolliver, Harper earns her fee when she uncovers eight corpses. Not long afterward, someone assaults an already weary Harper. Worn out to her bone marrow and fearful of further attacks, Harper wants to go home to heal from her injuries not all being physical. However, a less skeptical Sandra pleads with her and the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation demands she continue to work on the case. The media, learning of the deadly find and psychic link, turns the inquiry into a circus while Harper¿s psychic friends try to assist her as they begin to find more horrific remains. The third grave Connelly psychic mystery (see GRAVE SIGHT and GRAVE SURPRISE) is a tense thriller that grips the audience from the moment the heroine finds the grisly remains of eight bodies and never slows down until the final confrontation. The cast enhances the tale either by bringing local flavor to the plot or assistance/deterrence to Harper. Although there is a binge of serial killers in literature of late, the fast-paced story line deftly uses the paranormal to make it seem normal as the heroine confronts an abnormal psychopathic killer in an entertaining regional whodunit. --- Harriet Klausner

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

best one yet!!

this is the third in the series and i think it is the best one yet! i love the relationship between harper and toliver. great story line, had me guessing the whole time. i can't wait for the next one!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Very good... Keeps you guessing!

While I still prefer the Sookie Stackhouse books this is the the best book in the Harper Connelly series as far as I am concerned!

Another hit!

Charlaine Harris never fails to provide great entertainment and reading enjoyment. This book is another example of her outstanding writing skill and ability to hold the reader rapt 'til the end.

Woah,baby!!

The sex between tolliver and harper was HAWT!!

Very graphic but a great book.

I know death isnt always neat and pretty, especially when reading a book about a girl who finds dead bodies; the graphic deaths just caught me off guard. Other than that i would have given 5 stars. Though im not sure i like where relationships ended up. I would have liked to have read more about xylda, i love her character. As with any series, I def think that this book is far more enjoyable if you have read the first two in the series prior. I def will reccomend this series to friends.

Great Read

I could not put this book down! I love Charlaine Harris books!

yay!

I am glad I trudged through the first two of the series to get to this one. I really enjoyed the story line and the little twists, plus I enjoyed the Toliver-Harper things even more!

Best of the series so far!

Most mysterious in the series that I've read! Great surprises along the way! I'm giving these books a chance bc I love the Sookie Stackhouse novels!

Good book.

I have read three of four of the Harper Conelly series. The first book made me want to keep reading these series. Book two was ok and book three was better. I don't really care for Charlaine Harris's writting she keeps repeating herself and i'm the type of person to get on with it already! I have one more book to this series and i hope it's a goid one.

hard to get into

i felt like you where just tossed into it without any lead up to the plot

so far the favorite of the 3 books

I'm not typically a mystery fan but Harper Connelly is a great character!

Was looking for more Charlaine Harris...

I read all of the Sookie Stackhouse novles and I wanted to experience more of Charlaine Harris' writing. I read this entire series and I thought that the first book was a little hard to get inot however, the twists and turns were a pleasant surprise. I would definitley recomend this book to my fellow Sookie Stackhouse fans, this series is just as interesting and well written.

interesting change

I'm almost done with this book right now. I have read the first 2 and enjoyed them- dark, but not too dark, creepy, but not too creepy, fluffy, but not too fluffy- a decent combination for some more complex "chick lit" style stuff. I hate that phrase, but you get my point.

There's been some changes in the character relations in this 3rd installment. Again- I'm not entirely done, so there's room yet for my opinion to fully form- but I remain hesitant about some of it. It's either a really good move to keep things going with the series, OR a horrible disaster that will burn out my interest fast. It remains to be seen. depending on how this one ends, I will most likely give one more book a try before I decide that one.

All in all, these are well written, and you can't always guess the who dun it until right before the characters do- which I appreciate cause I usually figure it out too early. If you occasionally like a light beach read type book, but find them to get repetitive and silly- you might want to give these a try. It's a nice change without getting too terribly heavy.

Such a tightly woven plot!

I picked up this series while waiting for the next Sookie Stackhouse novel and was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it! The first Harper Connelly book was ok... but just like the Sookie Stackhouse novels, as you move forward in the series it gets better and better. More plot twists and surprises, I just can't put into words how great this book was. Probably my favorite of the existing four.

Wow...

An Ice Cold Grave was one of the greatest books I have read in a long time. Grave Sight (the first in the series) was just a little bit slow, and Grave Surprise (the second) picked up a lot, but An Ice Cold Grave was the icing on the cake. By far my favorite. You want to fight for Harper, you fall in love with her as well as Tolliver! Very original plot line. I would definitely recommend.

Can't wait for number 4!

Don't want to give any spoilers for those who haven't read, but it's getting juicy!

Graphically suspenseful

I was on the edge of my seat while reading this especially towards the end! It was very graphic and horrifying, but it keeps you interested, scared and guessing.

Another Great from Charlaine Harris!!!

I was a bit skeptical when I read the book summary, but I'm so glad that I read it! Great storyline and I couldn't put it down!

Fun and original book - listened to it while traveling.

Plot: Harper Connelly is a young women with, after being struck by lightening, has a unique gift. She can locate corpses and tell how the individual died. After having a trouble childhood Harper and her step-brother Tolliver found a way to make a living off of her gift, and they travel around the country to do so. When Harper is hired for a job, her and Tolliver get in a little too deep and look like they could be murder suspects.

Review: I enjoyed this book, which I listened to on CD while traveling. It was a good book that stayed in supernatural genre while giving me a break from the vampire scene for a while. It was a fun fast paced book. The only thing negative I can say about this book is the relationship developing between Harper and her step-brother is a little creepy.