If you're a Sookie Stackhouse fan (and even if you're not, but like a touch of the paranormal in your mysteries) you'll enjoy An Ice Cold Grave (#119) by Charlaine Harris. This is the third book of her Harper Connelly mystery series, but the first one I've read.
It seems that Harper has a special talent she's acquired after being struck by lightening; she can locate the dead and determine their cause of death. It's not the most comfortable talent to have, but Harper's found a way to make a living from it for both herself and her stepbrother, Tolliver. She consults with families of the dead sometimes to confirm identitiy, sometimes to make sure the deceased died of natural causes. Sometimes Harper and Tolliver work with skeptical law enforcement officers to locate victims of foul play. That's the case in An Ice Cold Grave. Teenage boys have been going missing in a rural mountain town in North Carolina. After the previous sheriff dismissed the concerns of the family by labeling the cases runaways, the grandmother of one of the missing teens has insisted that the new sheriff call in Harper. Harper succeeds in finding his body, and more besides. She could wind up becoming the latest victim if she doesn't get out of town soon enough...
A chilling read for Halloween, but a good introduction to a series that I'll definitely make a point of reading in the future.
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