Grave Secret ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the fourth book in the Harper Connelly series.

Harper and Tolliver stop on their way to Dallas for a job, just a quick reading of a grave to tell if the sudden death of an old rancher was an accident or murder. Once they get done there they go into Dallas to visit their sisters. The soon discover that Tolliver’s father is out of prison, and wants to see them. And it seems that someone is out to get Harper, after Tolliver is shot, and a police officer is shot while trying to protect her, can Harper figure out what is going on? And will she ever figure out what happened to her sister?

Dead and Gone ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the ninth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series.

The shapeshifters have decided that it is time for the big reveal, they are going public. But can they be guarenteed the reception that the vampires got? After a shapeshifter is murdered in Sookie’s hometown, no one is sure if she was killed because of who she was, or what she was. Can Sookie and her friends figure out who and why she was killed, before they end up dead too?

Gift Wrap ~ Charlaine Harris

This a short story, part of the Sookie Stackhouse series, found in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe.

Sookie is spending the Holiday alone, she is currently not speaking with her brother, her roommate and her boss are out of town and she just doesn’t feel like imposing on the friends that are in town. So Sookie settles in for the long winter’s night, only to be disturbed by noises in the woods that she feels she needs to investigate. And what should she find but a wounded werewolf? She helps him into the house, treats his wounds and protects him from those out to get him. But is it all as it seems?

An Ice Cold Grave ~ Charlaine Harris

this is the third book in the Harper Connelly series.

Harper has been called to a small town in North Carolina to help locate a boy who has been missing for 3 months, and is part of a string of teenage boy disappearances. She quickly locates not only the boy she was hired to find, but all the boys who have disappeared, including two that the local law enforcement didn’t realize were missing, as they were from out of town.

The first evening that they are in town, after locating the bodies, Harper is injured. Someone attacked her in the motel parking lot with a shovel. Also while in town, Tolliver begins acting strangely, he seems somewhat distant and is suddenly telling people that he is not Harper’s brother.

Can Harper manage to keep from getting hurt more, and figure out who is trying to hurt her, and what is going with Tolliver?

Grave Sight ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the first book in the Harper Connelly series.

Harper has been hired to attempt to find the body of a girl who disappeared 6 months earlier, in what has been ruled to most likely be a murder/suicide, with the suicide being the body that had been found. After Harper finds the body, and lets them know that she was shot in the back, she and her step-brother Tolliver leave town, only to be called back for questioning in another crime. While unable to leave town because they are under suspicion, others in town are trying to scare them off and run them out of town.

This book had a lot more details and charicter history, which you expect from the first book in the series, and not in others, I came to understand more about the chricters and really enjoyed it, would have been great if my inner-airhead hadn’t screwed me up and grabbed the second book first!

Grave Surprise ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the second book in the Harper Connelly series.

Harper Connelly survived being struck by lightening, one of the side effects is that she can sense corpses. if she stands on the grave she can tell you who is in it, and what they died from.

While performing a demonstration for a college class, in a cemetery where the records have only recently been discovered, Harper finds something that surprises everyone. Now she is trying to help solve this crime, without becoming a suspect herself.

I accidentally picked up the second book in the series first, so now I am off to find the first one.

From Dead to Worse ~ Charlaine Harris

This is book eight in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Sookie is back in Bon Temps, and hasn’t heard from her boyfriend, Quinn, since the episode in book seven, All Together Dead, when so many of the vampire summit were injured or killed.
She unwittingly becomes involved in a Were war, and a vampire hostile takeover. At the same time, Eric, the local head of the vampire government, who Sookie shares a blood bond with, suddenly remembers a great deal of events that involve himself and Sookie, but due to amnesia he had forgotten.
Sookie also discovers more about her family history, and where she gets her gifts from. As well as dealing with current family issues that force her to deal with some things she would rather not deal with.

All Together Dead ~ Charliane Harris

This is the seventh book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Sookie is scheduled to go to a Vampire Summit with the Queen of Louisiana and her entourage, and her latest boyfriend, Quinn, a weretiger, will be there as the event planner. Sookie makes the trip, only to discover that everyone is in danger, and she is not sure how to start saving people from the upcoming events.

Poppy Done to Death ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the eighth book in the Aurora Teagarden series. Aurora stops to question her sister in law a about missing an important meeting, only to find her body, and her step brother missing. On top this family tragedy, when Aurora stops by work to let them know she needs some time off, she finds that her 15 year old brother has run away from home and hitchhiked across the country to see her.

Last Scene Alive ~ Charliane Harris

This is the seventh book in the Aurora Teagarden series. Aurora has spent the last year grieving for her husband, who died after having a heart attack. At the same time, they have been preparing for the filming of a movie based on the book written by Robin Crusoe, about the murders that took place in the first book of this series. Suddenly several people have turned back up in Aurora’s life, her step-son is in town, with a role in the movie. And Robin is back, Aurora hasn’t seen him since shortly after the first book. As well as Arthur, a local cop who Aurora once dated, and who had cheated on her with another detective. When suddenly, the actress who plays Aurora’s charicter turns up dead.