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An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly Mysteries, No. 3) |  | Author: Charlaine Harris
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Rating:  103 reviews
Sales Rank: 1637
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0425224244
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425224243
ASIN: 0425224244
Publication Date: October 7, 2008
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Harper Connelly heads to Doraville, North Carolina, to find a missing boyone of several teenage boys who have disappeared over the last five years. And all of them are calling for Harper. She finds them, buried in the frozen ground. Soon Harper will learn more than she cared to about the dark mysteries and long-hidden secrets of Doravilleknowledge of the dead that makes her next in line to end up in an ice-cold grave.
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Ice Cold Grave March 4, 2010
Shona M. Worley (Missouri)
I love Charlaine Harris. This book is a great change, it steps up a little from the first two books. I enjoyed it very much. I loved Harper and Tolliver very much. They keep the entertainment coming with a little twist of tenderness and contrast. It makes the book exceptional to read.
This series gets better with each book. January 27, 2010
Julia (East Coast)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"An Ice Cold Grave" is the third installment by Charlaine Harris in the Harper Connolly series. This is by far my favorite of the three I've read. (I still need to read the 4th! Anyone want to donate it? ;o] ) Once again, it was a quick, fun read. As in the first two novels, Harper can locate dead bodies and relive the last moments of their death. Her ability has limitations- she can see how they died but not who killed them. There were additional plot twists in this book that made it more fun to read than the previous two. Yay! I love when a series gets better with each book! This really makes me want to read the 4th.
I don't have many complaints about this book except for one big one. Harper is STILL harping (haha) on her past! It is brought up frequently in this novel... just like in the first and second. Lets hope that she gets some closure in the fourth book so that we can shut some doors and open some new ones. I'm sick to death of dwelling in the past. Lets move forward, Miss Connolly! She finally establishes the relationship she needs with Tolliver, so I think we're headed in the right direction.
So, in An Ice Cold Grave, we find Harper and Tolliver requested once again to a small town with excellent secondary characters. This case is definitely one of the most heartbreaking and emotionally exhausting cases Harper has had so far... Several young boys have gone missing. They've mostly been reported as runaways- but our heroine quickly disproves this theory when she uncovers the bodies. Uh oh, Doraville, NC has a serial killer living in their quaint little town... So, who is the local serial killer?
I can't wait to read the next book- the mystery in this novel was much darker than the ones in the previous two. I also think that the unique relationship between Tolliver and Harper will make the next book better... It will give them new obstacles. (How will others react that knew them as brother/sister? How will they handle all that change? It has to bug out their siblings, right?)
This was a relaxing read... so go for it. Start this series. You know you want to ;]
 A little slow - but glad there's a 4th! January 14, 2010
anonymous
Could be that Charlaine hit a little bump in the road on this one (#3). After all, she is such a prolific writer. I found this one to be a little slow - the relationship bogged down the mystery as far as I was concerned. But I'm so glad to see there's a #4 - I'm still interested in where Harper and Tolliver will go with this - and I hope there is more about the mystery of their sister . . . . I loved #1 and #2!!!
An Ice Cold Grave January 11, 2010
Aubrey Mishou
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Disturbingly satisfying. Harris bravely follows through with the hints and suggestions of previous books, despite the taboos and social squeamishness that might accompany her narrative decisions. A great read for a rainy day.
Happiness Amidst Death January 7, 2010
Larissa (Australia)
In Memphis Xylda told Harper "In the time of ice, you'll be so happy". At the time Harper had no idea what Xylda was talking about, as is the way with Xylda, but now Harper is about to find out just how happy she can be while chasing a serial killer in the freezing town of Doraville.
Harper and Tolliver have been hired to search for a missing grandson. At the time of the disappearance it was put forward by the then Sheriff that the boy had simply runaway, but many others weren't convinced. As it turns out there were more then a few disappearances of teen boys that were ruled as runaways.
Harper has stumbled upon eight bodies, all boys who were cruelly tortured, abused and left to die. It is the first time she has ever discovered so many bodies at one time. It is her first experience with a serial killer. It is also the first time she has realised that Tolliver maybe keeping a secret from her. Harper and Tolliver are about to come clean with their secrets, and afterwards things will never be the same again.
An Ice Cold Grave mixes the horror and heartache of a small town stalked by a serial killer with the beginnings of a new romance. There is loss and sadness in this story, but even amongst all the panic and fear we are given faith, hope and a story of love. Not everyone may be happy with the events of this story, but it is both well written and intriguing. A must read for any Harper fan.
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