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Catherine Linton came home to Lowfield, Mississippi convinced that the untimely deaths of her parents in a car accident was no accident but nobody believed her. So she stayed, taking a job at the local paper, to try to both convince the sheriff that she was right-and maybe convince herself she was wrong. After all, her father had been the town doctor, loved (she always thought) by all. To think he was killed was to think that one of her friends or neighbors has harbored some deep resentment toward him. Then she finds the dead body of the women who had been her father's nurse for many years. Obviously murdered. Now Catherine knows that she was not wrong about her parent's death. Someone in Lowfield has a terrible secret, a secret worth killing for. Not once, not twice, but when another body is found three times. And the killer won't hesitate to add more victims to the list, as Catherine gets closer and closer to the truth.
"SHE PASSED A dead dog on her way to the tenant shack.
It was already stiff, the legs poker-straight in rigor. It had been a big dog, maybe dun-colored; with only a quick glimpse, Catherine could not be sure. It was covered in the fine powdery dust that every passing vehicle threw up from the dirt road in the dry Delta summer. In her rearview mirror she saw the cloud raised by her passage hanging in the air after she had passed, a cloud dividing endless rows of cotton. But the road was too poor to allow many backward glances. She wondered briefly why someone had been driving so fast on the caked and rutted dirt that he had not seen the dog in time to swerve. A sideways look at the cotton told Catherine that it would make a sad crop this year. The heat had lasted too long, unbroken by rain. This land was Catherine’s, had been her great-grandfather’s; but Catherine rented it out as her father had done. She was glad she did as she recalled her grandfather’s irascibility in bad years, when she had ridden with him across “the place,” as cotton planters called their acres. She didn’t remember the heat of those dim summers equaling the ferocity of this one. Even this early in the morning, with dawn not too long past, Catherine was beginning to sweat. Later in the day the glare would be intolerable, without considerable protection, to all but the swarthiest. To someone of Catherine’s whiteness of skin it would be disastrous."
Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris, born Jean Charlaine Harris Schulz on November 25, 1951, is a highly acclaimed American author best known for her work in mystery fiction and urban fantasy. She gained worldwide recognition through The Southern Vampire Mysteries series, which inspired HBO’s hit television show True Blood. With a career spanning decades, Harris has become one of the most influential writers in modern supernatural and mystery literature.
Early Life and Education
Charlaine Harris was born and raised in Tunica, Mississippi, located in the Mississippi Delta. Growing up in the American South had a profound influence on her storytelling style, settings, and character development. From an early age, Harris showed a strong interest in writing, initially composing poems centered on ghosts, emotions, and teenage experiences.
She attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, where she began writing plays before eventually shifting her focus to prose fiction. This transition marked the beginning of her journey into mystery writing, a genre in which she would later excel.
Writing Career and Breakthrough
Harris began her professional career by publishing standalone mystery novels before launching her first major series, The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, starting with Real Murders. The novel received critical acclaim and was nominated for Best Novel at the 1990 Agatha Awards, establishing Harris as a rising star in mystery fiction.
In 1996, she introduced the Shakespeare series, featuring Lily Bard, a cleaning lady turned amateur detective in rural Arkansas. The series ran for five novels, concluding in 2001, and remains popular among traditional mystery readers.
Charlaine Harris achieved international fame with The Southern Vampire Mysteries, beginning with Dead Until Dark. The series follows Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress navigating a world filled with vampires, werewolves, and supernatural beings. The novel won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Mystery in 2001.
The series includes 13 novels, concluding with Dead Ever After in 2013, followed by the companion book After Dead. The books were translated and published across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, making Harris a global bestselling author. HBO’s adaptation, True Blood, aired from 2008 to 2014, running for seven successful seasons.
Later Works and Other Projects
In 2005, Harris launched the Harper Connelly Mysteries, centered on a young woman with the supernatural ability to locate dead bodies after being struck by lightning. The series was later optioned for television.
In 2014, she expanded into graphic novels with the Cemetery Girl series, co-written with Christopher Golden and illustrated by Don Kramer, demonstrating her versatility as a storyteller.
Personal Life and Legacy
Charlaine Harris lives in Texas with her husband and has three grown children and two grandchildren. Outside of writing, she has practiced weightlifting and karate, and is an avid reader and film enthusiast.
She is an active member of professional organizations such as the Mystery Writers of America and has served in leadership roles within Sisters in Crime and the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance.
Today, Charlaine Harris is celebrated as a pioneering author whose work reshaped modern supernatural mystery fiction and continues to captivate readers worldwide.
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