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In the not-too-distant future, vampires have come out of the coffin. Thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood, these oft-maligned creatures of the night no longer need a human fix and as a result can walk freely, if not yet comfortably, among their living counterparts. Can a young Louisiana waitress buck conventional wisdom to forge a love match with a 173-year-old vampire?Thanks to a Japanese scientists invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures coming out of the coffin. Religious leaders and government officials around the world have chosen their sides, but in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out. Local waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), however, knows how it feels to be an outcast. Cursed with the ability to listen in on peoples thoughts, shes also open-minded about the integration of vampires particularly when it comes to Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), a handsome 173-year-old living up the road. But as Sookie is drawn into a series of mysteries surrounding Bills arrival in Bon Temps, that tolerance will be put to the test.

Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. She's quiet, keeps to herself, and doesn't get out much. Not because she's not pretty. She is. It's just that, well, Sookie has this sort of "disability." She can read minds. And that doesn't make her too dateable. And then along comes Bill. He's tall, dark, handsome - and Sookie can't hear a w... more »ord he's thinking. He's exactly the type of guy she's been waiting for all her life.... But Bill has a disability of his own: He's a vampire with a bad reputation. He hangs with a seriously creepy crowd, all suspected of - big surprise - murder. And when one of Sookie's coworkers is killed, she fears she's next....

Aurora Teagarden is basking in the news of her pregnancy when disaster strikes her small Georgia town: four kids vanish from the school soccer field in an afternoon. Aurora s 15-year-old brother Phillip is one of them. Also gone are two of his friends, and an 11-year-old girl who was just hoping to get a ride home from soccer practice. And then there s an even worse discovery at the kids last known destination, a dead body.While the local police and sheriff s department comb the county for the missing kids and interview everyone even remotely involved, Aurora and her new husband, true crime writer Robin Crusoe, begin their own investigation. Could the death and kidnappings have anything to do with a group of bullies at the middle school? Is Phillip s disappearance related to Aurora s father s gambling debts? Or is Phillip himself, new to town and an unknown quantity, responsible for taking the other children? But regardless of the reason, as the days go by, the most important questions remain. Are the kids still alive? Who could be concealing them? Where could they be?With Christmas approaching, Aurora is determined to find her brother if he s still alive.

Charlaine Harris'' smash-hit Sookie Stackhouse series may have reached its conclusion, but the world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, lives on in this all-new collection of 15 stories. Written by a killer line-up of authors, including: NEW YORK TIMES bestseller Seanan McGuire NEW YORK TIMES bestseller MaryJanice Davidson An introduction by Charlaine Harris herself! DEAD BUT NOT FORGOTTEN puts your favourite characters, written by some of your favourite authors, centre stage.

There s more to Sookie Stackhouse than you ever knew The #1 "New York Times" bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris spawned a hit TV show and captivated fans around the world including other authors. Now this group of writers, specifically chosen by Charlaine, pays tribute to the southern, mind-reading belle who gets mixed up in the world of vampires and magical creatures ("The Kansas City Star") with a collection of fifteen stories about your favorite residents of Bon Temps. With contributions by Rachel Caine Dana Cameron Bill Crider MaryJanice Davidson Leigh Evans Christopher Golden Nancy Holder Miranda James Jonathan Maberry Jeffrey J. Mariotte Seanan McGuire Suzanne McLeod Nicole Peeler Leigh Perry Jeanne C. Stein"

At Midnight''s local pawnshop, weapons are flying off the shelves-only to be used in sudden and dramatic suicides right at the main crossroads in town.Who better to figure out why blood is being spilled than the vampire Lemuel, who, while translating mysterious texts, discovers what makes Midnight the town it is. There''s a reason why witches and werewolves, killers and psychics, have been drawn to this place.And now they must come together to stop the bloodshed in the heart of Midnight. For if all hell breaks loose-which just might happen-it will put the secretive town on the map, where no one wants it to be...

Tercera entrega de la serie Sookie Stackhouse. Título original: Club Dead Desde hace algún tiempo Bill está algo distante: tanto como que se ha ido a otro estado. Eric, su siniestro y atractivo jefe, cree saber donde encontrarle. Sin pararse a pensarlo, Sookie pone rumbo a la ciudad de Jackson, Misisipi. Alli encontrara el Club de los Muertos, lugar de encuentro un tanto peligroso en el que la elitista sociedad vampirica acude a pasar el rato y engullir un poco de sangre. Cuando descubra que Bill la ha estado engañando con otra mujer, ya no estara segura de si querra salvarle... o sacar punta a unas cuantas estacas.

Cuarta entrega de la serie Sookie Stackhouse. Título original: Dead to the WorldCuando se encuentra a un vampiro desnudo de camino a casa a la salida del trabajo, Sookie no se limite a pasar de largo. Resulta que el no tiene memoria de quien es, pero Sookie si. Es Eric, tan espeluznante y sexy - y muerto- como el dia en que le conocio. Pero ahora que el tiene amnesia, Eric es dulce, vulnerable, y necesita la ayuda de Sookie porque quien le ha arrebatado la memoria ahora quiere su vida. La investigacion de Sookie para descubrir el porque la conduce a una peligrosa batalla entre brujas, vampiros y hombres lobo. Pero ademas podria haber un grave peligro para el corazon de Sookie... porque el dulce y tierno Eric es alguien dificil de resistir.

Primera entrega de la serie Sookie Stackhouse. Título original: Dead Until Dark En esta novela Charlaine Harris demuestra hasta qué punto su talento puede hacer que una casi imposible mezcla de vampiros, misterio, intriga y humor se convierta en una obra deliciosamente imprescindible. Una autora avalada por mas de dos decadas escribiendo y entreteniendo a miles de lectores de todo el mundo. Sookie Stackhouse es una camarera con un inusitado poder para leer la mente. Su don es el origen de sus problemas. Siempre acaba sabiendo mas de lo que le gustaria de la gente que le rodea, de todos menos de Bill Compton, porque su mente, la de un vampiro que trata de reinsertarse en la sociedad, es absolutamente impenetrable. Cuando sus vidas se cruzan descubrira que para ella ya no hay vuelta atras. La aparicion de un asesino en serie es la prueba definitiva para su confianza porque ni siquiera ella sabe si Bill es su protector, o si se convertira en su fatal asesino. Alan Ball ha dicho: Me enganche a ellos. Por las noches decia: ahora leo un capitulo mas y me duermo. Luego devoraba ocho mas El Pais Si buscabais algo bueno, distinto y refrescante, he aqui un nuevo tesoro. Y si esperais toparos con ñoñerias, amorios tontos, accion predecible, chupasangres de cuento, topicos y demas Ya estais buscando en otra parte Letras y Escenas Se augura un gran exito a esta serie que por la tematica nos trae a la memoria la famosisima saga de vampiros de Stephenie Meyer, pero que promete ser mucho mas adulta y oscura Book Sense

Sookie''s beginning to get used to being surrounded by all varieties of undead, changeling, shapeshifting and other supernatural beings - but even she has her limits. She''d really like to take a while to get over being betrayed by Bill, her long-time vampire lover, and get used to her new relationship with the sexy shapeshifter Quinn - but instead, she finds herself attending the long-planned vampire summit, the destination of choice for every undead power player around, as a sort-of human ''Geiger counter'' for Sophie-Anne Leclerq, vampire queen of Louisiana.But the job is fraught with difficulties. Sophie-Anne''s power base has been severely weakened by Hurricane Katrina, and she''s about to be put on trial during the event for murdering her king. Sookie knows the queen is innocent, but she''s hardly prepared for other shocking murders: it looks like there are some vamps who would like to finish what nature started. With secret alliances and backroom deals the order of the day - and night - Sookie must decide which side she''ll stand with, and quickly, for her choice may mean the difference between survival and all-out catastrophe.

Now it's the turn of the weres and shifters to follow the lead of the undead and reveal their existence to the ordinary world. Sookie Stackhouse already knows about them, of course - her brother turns into a panther at the full moon, she's friend to the local Were pack and Sam, her boss at Merlotte's bar, is a shifter. At first the great Were revelation seems to go well - then the horribly mutilated body of a were-panther is found outside Merlotte's. Though Sookie never cared that much for the victim, no one deserves such a horrible death, so she agrees to use her telepathic talent to track down the murderer. But what Sookie doesn't realise is that there is a far greater danger than this killer threatening Bon Temps: a race of unhuman beings, older, more powerful and far more secretive than the vampires or the werewolves is preparing for war ...

Primera entrega de la serie Sookie Stackhouse. Título original: Dead Until Dark No es fácil ser una camarera sexy con poderes telepáticos y enterarse de los terribles secretos que todo el mundo esconde. Tal vez por eso Sookie Stackhouse termina enamorandose de Bill Compton, cuya mente no puede leer. Sookie suspira de felicidad por haber encontrado a su media naranja, y no le importa que sea un vampiro de mala reputacion. Hasta que una compañera suya es asesinada y Sookie se da cuenta de que su vida corre peligro.Descubre la saga basada en la exitosa serie de television Sangre fresca. Una casi imposible mezcla de vampiros, misterio, intriga y humor.Es imposible no caer hechizado por la ironica y atractiva Sookie, probablemente la heroina mas encantadora que nos ha guiado por el lado oscuro en mucho tiempo. BookPage Salvajemente imaginativa. USA Today Sexy y espeluznante. TV Guide Absorbente. San Francisco Chronicle Fascinante. The New York Times

Sookie''s boyfriend has been very distant. Now she''s off to Mississippi to mingle with the underworld at Club Dead--a little haunt where the vampire elite go to chill out. But when she finally finds Bill--caught in an act of betrayal--she''s not sure whether to save him or sharpen some stakes. Original

New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris has re-imagined the supernatural world with her aspunkya (Tampa Tribune) Southern Vampire novels starring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Now, for the first time, here is every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever writtenatogether in one volume.

Sookie Stackhouse is reeling in the wake of Hurricane Katrina which killed not only humans but significant members of the vampire and werewolf community. Things are changing in Louisana and Sookie will find herself facing danger, death and betrayal by someone she loves.

Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. She''s quiet, keeps to herself, and doesn''t get out much - not because she''s not pretty - she''s a very cute bubbly blonde - or not interested in a social life. She really is . . . but Sookie''s got a bit of a disability. She can read minds. And that doesn''t make her too dateable

Sookie''s got just a month, before the next full moon, to find out who wants her brother dead - and to stop the fiend! Sookie Stackhouse enjoys her life, mostly. She''s a great cocktail waitress in a fun bar; she has a love life, albeit a bit complicated, and most people have come to terms with her telepathy. The problem is, Sookie wants a quiet life - but things just seem to happen to her and her friends. Now her brother Jason''s eyes are starting to change: he''s about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. She can deal with that, but her normal sisterly concern turns to cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local changeling population. She afraid not just because Jason''s at risk, but because his new were-brethren suspect Jason may be the shooter. Sookie has until the next full moon to find out who''s behind the attacks - unless the killer decides to find her first. The Sookie Stackhouse books are delightful Southern Gothic supernatural mysteries, starring Sookie, the telepathic cocktail waitress, and a cast of increasingly colourful characters, including vampires, werewolves and things that really do go bump in the night.