Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris

After Harper Connelly was struck by lightning as a teenager, she developed an unusual ability she is able to locate bodies and see how the victims died, although she cannot identify the murderers. This is the 2nd book of the series featuring Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver Lang.

Harper and Tolliver, are in Memphis, at Bingham College doing a demonstration for a class, identifying bodies and causes of death in an old graveyard. But suddenly Harper is confused as she finds not one body but 2 and one ends up being the body of Tabitha Morgenstern, a kidnapped young girl she had failed to locate 2 years ago in Nashville. Even more strange is the family of the young girl now live in Memphis.

Suddenly everyone wants something from Harper, reporters, the family, and of course the police assume they had something to do with it. So Harper and Tolliver check into a fancy hotel with a large suite which becomes a meeting place for all kinds of interesting characters who think they know more than they do.

This was a well done who-done-it and I did not suspect the real killer. I enjoy how Harris writes who dialog and creates the atmosphere that should be spooky but isn't. She has a real ability to make me feel sympathy for her damaged characters.