A Touch of Dead
Charlaine Harris
Ace, Oct 6 2009, $23.95
ISBN: 9780441017836
“Fairy Dust". Claudine asks Sookie for a favor to read some people who have agreed to do so; of course this simple request turns deadly.
"Dracula Night". Vampires celebrate the Count on his birthday with Eric organizing quite a bash on "Dracula Night", but Sookie as a guest never expected to attend a biting gala.
"One Word Answer". Sookie learns that her cousin Hadley died so she must attend the funeral not expecting to meet the vampire Queen of New Orleans.
“Luck”. Insurance agent Greg Aubert hires roommates Sookie and Amelia the witch to determine who is breaking into his files as “Luck” is running out on residents of Bon Temps.
“Gift Wrap”. Sookie is lonely for Christmas as she has no family to share the holidays with; depressed, she finds a wounded were outside whom she takes into her home.
This is a terrific introduction to the few people in the country who have not visited the urban fantasy world of Sookie Stackhouse. The five entries are reprints from other collections, but not placed in one anthology before. Each tale is fun to read as even when the heroine tries to mind her business, she ends up in the middle of a paranormal fiasco.
Harriet Klausner
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