CBS is developing a new TV series based on the Harper Connelly series of books by Charlaine Harris. Like the first novel in the series, the show will be called Grave Sight.
Harris says about the good news: “Any of you reading Variety today saw the happy news that the Harper Connelly books are a prospective series for CBS. We’ll know for sure some time around January. Kam Miller, a writer with a great track record, is the project head, and I’m lucky enough to have the amazing company Scott Free on the team, too. Keep your fingers crossed for the success of this project.”
Scott Free is run by executive producers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott (Numb3rs), who are also working on Grave Sight with Naren Shankar (CSI), David Zucker, and writer Kam Miller (Law and Order: SVU).
The mystery novels follow Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver as they travel around the country helping find missing persons and solving murder cases, and much like Sookie Stackhouse, Harper has a special gift. Since being struck by lightning as a teenager, she has the ability to sense dead bodies and see how they died. Tolliver assists her in their consulting business, and the two stepsiblings have a close, but complicated relationship.
The overarching mystery across all four novels is their search for Harper’s sister, who disappeared on her way home from school and has never been found. There are currently four Harper Connelly novels: Grave Sight, Grave Surprise, An Ice Cold Grave and Grave Secret.
I haven’t read this series, but if it’s half as good as her vampire books, then I say bring on more Charlaine Harris TV!
I love this series. The characters are fascinating and very well written. These books are differ greatly in tone from the vampire series. They definitely qualify as mysteries with just a small splash of supernatural and there’s a certain grimness and melancholy that runs throughout the series that I really enjoy.
This is exciting news but I’m a little trepidacious about it. The casting of Harper and Tolliver will be key to the success of this thing. I hope they get it right.
This series is actually my favorite of Charlaine’s works! I agree with Sam – I hope they have very good casting – Harper and Tolliver have to have the right chemistry, and I hope the writing stays really good.
I’ve been a bit disappointed with “True Blood,” and how they’ve made it really stray from the stories. Plus I’m not thrilled with the extreme “sex and gore” cable tv treatment. At least this will be on CBS, so it will hopefully be more about story and less about shock factor.
But congrats to Charlaine – having two series of books turned into tv shows is huge!
I just recently stumbled upon this series…. It is really fun to read and smooth to follow… I was literally just sitting here wishing that they would make a show out of it! I LOVE this author and her books and I am starting to LOVE the Harper series! PLEASE MAKE A SERIES OUT OF IT!~ I am in the 2nd book and I can’t wait to keep reading.