Grave Secret

　　我害怕直視旁邊的托利佛，看不懂他臉上的表情。
　　我有時候還是覺得自己不了解他，而現在顯然就是那種時候……

　　自從被閃電擊中之後，便能聽見屍體「說話」的性感偵探哈珀．康納莉，與一直守護著她的托利佛．藍，為了新的委託案件驅車前往「故鄉」德州。

　　多年後再度步入此地，他們的情感牽絆依舊，但關係已經完全不同，托利佛跨越了他們之間那條分際的線，與哈珀互訴衷情，兩人沉浸在相戀的幸福中。

　　孰料幸福總是伴隨著危機，托利佛竟遭到槍擊，身受重傷入院，他的生父麥特卻在此時出獄，不斷接近托利佛並試圖破壞他們的感情。

　　而在托利佛的態度開始變得模糊不清、姊姊卡麥蓉的失蹤案毫無進展之外，哈珀還遭遇神祕殺手狙擊！

　　就在她徬徨無助之際，對她一往情深的英俊靈媒曼弗雷再次出現，亦步亦趨地陪伴哈珀尋找線索，充分展現紳士風度與癡情。

　　在眾多外力的撩撥與刺激之下，哈珀和托利佛原本漸趨穩定的關係起了變化，兩人的心逐漸遠離彼此……

　　然而哈珀只能暫時拋開雜念，努力拼湊蛛絲馬跡，追尋卡麥蓉的下落，但隨著調查的腳步越來越接近卡麥蓉失蹤之謎的核心、一切答案終將揭曉之時，哈珀發現，真相可能會永遠永遠改變自己……

　　When she was 15, Harper Connelly was struck by a bolt of lightning, which left her with a spiderweb of red over her body, headaches, and episodes of weakness. Sometimes her right hand shakes. And she can find dead people.

　　It's taken a while, but at last Harper's pretty happy with her life: she's making a living, using her unique talent to help people, and she's got a lover - her stepbrother Tolliver. That creeps some people out, but though they grew up together, and got each other through the real bad times - their parents' drug-use, the abuse, the disappearance of Harper's elder sister Cameron - they're not blood relatives.

　　Then Tolliver's dad arrives on the scene, seeking forgiveness for the sins of their youth, and the police get a tip-off that after all these years, Cameron's been spotted in a mall. With all this going on Harper realises life is getting a little complicated, but she doesn't expect those complications to include Tolliver getting shot, or watching a cop die taking a bullet for her.

　　Harper can find dead people, but now it's clear someone wants her dead . . .

　　★本書中譯版《靈視者哈珀康納莉系列4：不堪入墓》由奇幻基地出版。

作者簡介

莎蓮．哈里斯Charlaine Harris

　　1951年11月25日生於埃及，早期創作類型為推理、懸疑、驚悚、玄怪，後於曼菲斯的羅德大學進修，跨足大眾文學並獲獎無數，成功跨足羅曼史、推理、驚悚、犯罪及超自然小說，成為第四位進入美國Amazon百萬俱樂部的成員。對此，哈珀．康納莉系列在美國的熱銷功不可沒。而南方吸血鬼系列（A Southern Vampire Novel）則是她至今銷售最快速之著作。目前系列銷售全美已突破一千萬冊，創下全系列同時登上紐約時報排行榜的空前紀錄。

　　Charlaine Harris is the author of the Sookie Stackhouse books, now the Emmy Award-winning TV series TRUE BLOOD, as well as many other mystery novels. She lives in southern Arkansas with her family.