Harper Connelly received her gift after she was struck by lightning. A girl can determine where the body of a deceased person is, and share with the dead the last moments of his life. It serves the dead and gives comfort to the living. The dead do not care: they have eternity ahead of them. And the living are impatient and generally not happy with what Harper is telling them . In the novel "The Gift of the Dead" Harper Connelly at the request of his friend arrives in Memphis to demonstrate his unique gift. There, in the old cemetery, to the surprise of those present and her own, she discovers two bodies in the same grave at once. But that’s not the last surprise.... The next morning, a third corpse is found in the same grave.