Step-brother and partner in body-finding business travels the country with her not related, but they grew up in the same house, are very close Įccentric, elderly medium with a true gift fakes it when her gift fails Rain Bernardo's mother and Manfred Bernardo's grandmotherĪnd Manfred Bernardo's mother. Name: - What: - Sidekick-to: - About: - Book First Seen In:įinds dead bodies with psychic gift & talk with dead due to being hit by lightening when young In the later books, the two solidify their bond and face the future together. In the early books, they try to maintain a sister-brother relationship and use a variety of casual one-night stands with various partners to stave off the growing attraction between them. Harper's relationship with Tolliver is extremely complex. Each time she discovers and communicates with a spirit, her strength is drained and she must live with that person's horrible memories of his or her death. She is making the most of an unwanted gift by providing victims' families with closure at the expense of her own health. Sookie Stackhouse series (aka Southern Vampire Mystery series, aka Trueblood).Midnight, Texas series (Manfred Bernardo from this series moves over to Midnight, Texas series).Shorts, Novellas, Anthologies and Guides Ĭompanion Series, Spinoffs, Sequels or Prequels First person narrative told by Harper Connelly.Equal parts Cozy Mystery and Urban Fantasy.In each book, Harper is hired to find a dead body or bodies, generally murder victims. Adventures ensue, because there is always someone who doesn’t want the body found. Now, Harper and her beloved stepbrother, Tolliver Lang, have established a consultant business, hiring out Harper’s services to law enforcement agencies across the country. After that, police and social workers got involved and the children were divided among foster homes.

They lived in a decrepit trailor in Texarkana until Harper's older sister Carmen disappeared. Harper and Tolliver grew up in a broken family: drug-dealing and drug-using parents each of whom had two children by previous marriages and then two children together-six children total. This ability began after she was struck by lightning when she was a teenager. Harper’s paranormal gift-or curse-is her ability to locate dead people and to communicate with their spirits.

3.2 Companion Series, Spinoffs, Sequels or Prequels.

3.1 Shorts, Novellas, Anthologies and Guides.

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