Aurora Teagarden's life was pretty much in order, though she wouldn't have objected to a nice relationship. All things considered, however, there wasn't anything to complain about. Then Jane Engle died. Aurora and Jane had been friends – not particularly close friends, but they'd both been members of the Real Murder Society and on occasion had shared tea, as well as an interest in crime. So Aurora was surprised to discover that she was named in Jane's will as the heir to her home and some money… about a half million dollars, in fact. A nice house, a lot of money… things were looking up nicely. But the house held a secret – a fact that was frighteningly obvious the first time Aurora went there and realized that someone had broken in, had been searching for something. It didn't take long to discover the secret: Jane had hidden a skull, and Aurora had just found it. Aurora Teagarden was no stranger to a good mystery, but she wasn't quite certain what to do with this one. Before she has a chance to consider her next move, someone decides that she already knows too much. Now she has a few more questions to answer: Whodunit? Who was it done to? And who seemed to keep on wanting to do it?

Sleepless nights, a cross-country chase and a temporary stint at motherhood turn Aurora Teagarden's life upside down. When her husband's niece Regina shows up unannounced on their doorstep with a baby and a secret, Aurora's perpetual curiosity leaps into overdrive – especially when the body of the girl's husband is found ax murdered in her own backyard. Regina flees the scene, and Aurora is left holding the baby, struggling with the intricacies of bottles, diapers – and a mystery. What was Regina running from? Why was her husband murdered? The answers are hidden back in Ohio, and that's just where Aurora goes, husband, baby and all. But Regina's secrets are very dangerous and Aurora walks right into them – much to her own peril. Worldwide Mystery has enjoyed great success with the Aurora Teagarden mystery series by Charlaine Harris and is pleased to publish this fifth title. This prolific mystery writer is also well-known for her Shakespeare, Arkansas mysteries featuring Lily Bard

Every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written – in one special volume – from the New York Times bestselling author. New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris has re-imagined the supernatural world with her 'spunky' (Tampa Tribune) Southern Vampire novels starring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Now, for the first time, here is every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written – together in one volume. Stories include 'Fairy Dust,' 'One Word Answer,' 'Dracula Night,' 'Lucky,' and 'Giftwrap

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The Horror Writers Association Presents BLOOD LITE ...a collection of entertaining tales that puts the fun back into dark fiction, with ironic twists and tongue-in-cheek wit to temper the jagged edge. Charlaine Harris reveals the dark side of going green, when a quartet of die-hard environmentalists hosts a fundraiser with a gory twist in "An Evening with Al Gore"...In an all-new Dresden Files story from Jim Butcher, when it comes to tracking deadly paranormal doings, there's no such thing as a "Day Off" for the Chicago P.D.'s wizard detective, Harry Dresden...Sherrilyn Kenyon turns a cubicle-dwelling MBA with no life into a demon-fighting seraph with one hell of an afterlife in "Where Angels Fear to Tread"...Celebrity necromancer Jaime Vegas is headlining a sold-out séance tour, but behind the scenes, a disgruntled ghost has a bone to pick, in Kelley Armstrong's "The Ungrateful Dead." Plus tales guaranteed to get under your skin — in a good way — from Janet Berliner Don D'Ammassa Nancy Holder Nancy Kilpatrick J. A. Konrath and F. Paul Wilson Joe R. Lansdale Will LudwigsenSharyn McCrumb Mark Onspaugh Mike Resnick Steven SavileD. L. Snell Eric James Stone Jeff Strand Lucien Soulban Matt Venne Christopher Welch So let the blood flow and laughter reign — because when it comes to facing our deepest, darkest fears, a little humor goes a long way!

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Tex Sookie tiene una racha de mala suerte. Su compañero de trabajo ha sido asesinado, la ataca una criatura que la inflige un corte venenoso y la salvan unos vampiros que le chupan el veneno de las venas. Cuando estos le piden un favor, acepta. Y pronto estará usando sus habilidades telepáticas buscando a un vampiro desaparecido. Solo pone una condición: los vampiros deben prometer que se van a comportar y dejar a los humanos indemnes… Más fácil de decir que de hacer

An anthology of stories An all-new mystery anthology edited and featuring a new story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris Nighttime is the perfect time for the perfect crime. #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris edits and contributes an all-new story-set in her Sookie Stackhouse universe-to this anthology from the Mystery Writers of America. Other authors include: Steve Brewer Dana Cameron Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane Barbara D'Amato Brendan DuBois Terrie Farley Moran Jack Fredrickson Parnell Hall Carolyn Hart S. W. Hubbard Toni L. P. Kelner Lou Kemp William Kent Kreuger Harley Jane Kozak Margaret Mahon Martin Meyers Jeffrey Somers Elaine Viets Mike Wiecek

Chwyciłam nadgarstek w miejscu, w którym powinnam wyczuć tętno. W środku chłodnej nocy w Shakespeare kucałam wśród drzew, trzymając za rękę martwego mężczyznę. A teraz na plastikowych workach bezmyślnie zostawiłam odciski palców. Lily Bard unika towarzystwa i strzeże mrocznej tajemnicy z przeszłości. Kiedy nie sprząta cudzych domów, trenuje karate. A odkąd znalazła zwłoki Pardona Albee, wszyscy kojarzą ją z brudną robotą każdego rodzaju. Czy szuflady nocnych stolików i kosze na śmieci kryją w sobie wystarczająco informacji, by Lily odkryła, kto naprawdę sprzątnął Pardona? Książki Charlaine Harris sprzedały się na świecie w kilkunastu milionach egzemplarzy. To pierwsza autorka, której siedem książek równocześnie znalazło się na liście bestsellerów „New York Timesa”. W nowej serii Harris przedstawia Lily Bard, młodą wielbicielkę siłowni i karate, która rozwiązuje zagadki kryminalne

Dill obiecał siostrze Lily wieczną miłość. Ale czy wcześniej nie zapewnił innym wiecznego spoczynku? Przed Lily długo odkładana wizyta w rodzinnym mieście. Co gorsze, okazja wymaga falbanek i koronek – jej siostra wyprawia wielkie prowincjonalne wesele. Ale przygotowań nie zdominują bezy, welony i kwiaty. Miejscowy lekarz i pielęgniarka zostali brutalnie zamordowani w swoim gabinecie, a dobrze znany Lily detektyw próbuje odnaleźć porwane dzieci. I wydaje się, że jest w to poważnie zamieszany jej przyszły szwagier. Lily ma tylko kilka dni, żeby dowiedzieć się, kim naprawdę jest Dill. Charlaine Harris zasłynęła zekranizowaną przez Alana Balla serią o Sookie Stackhouse, kelnerce-telepatce. Serial „Czysta krew” i jego przebojowa bohaterka podbiły serca milionów widzów na całym świecie, a książki na stałe zagościły na listach bestsellerów

Wielu uważało, że Deedra była za łatwa. Ale kto miał powód, by ją załatwić? Na moment moją uwagę odciągnęła nagość tej kobiety i jej odsłonięte uda. Ale kiedy spojrzałam w jej twarz, musiałam zagryźć wargi, żeby nie krzyknąć. Oczy Deedry były na wpół otwarte, ale nie odwzajemniały mojego spojrzenia. Lily Bard znajduje w lesie ciało Deedry, którą męska część populacji miasteczka znała aż za dobrze. Sytuacja wydaje się oczywista: Deedra zginęła po kłótni z którymś z licznych kochanków. Ale Lily, która jak nikt inny znała zwyczaje swojej klientki, niepokoją szczegóły, na które policja nie zwróciła uwagi. Lily ma też inne sprawy na głowie: jej chłopak ciągle musi podróżować, a ona sama zaczyna się czuć niepokojąco dobrze w miasteczku i chciałaby tu zostać na dłużej. A to wróży same kłopoty

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There is no such thing as bad publicity, except in Midnight, Texas, where the residents like to keep to themselves. Even in a town full of secretive people, Olivia Charity is an enigma. She lives with the vampire Lemuel, but no one knows what she does; they only know that she’s beautiful and dangerous. Psychic Manfred Bernardo finds out just how dangerous when he goes on a working weekend to Dallas and sees Olivia there with a couple who are both found dead the next day. To make matters worse, one of Manfred’s regular — and very wealthy — clients dies during a reading. Manfred returns from Dallas embroiled in scandal and hounded by the press. He turns to Olivia for help; somehow he knows that the mysterious Olivia can get things back to normal. As normal as things get in Midnight…

La comunidad sobrenatural de Bon Temps, Luisiana, se está recuperando de dos duros golpes: el desastre natural del huracán Katrina y los acontecimientos de la cumbre vampírica el mes anterior en la norteña ciudad de Rhodes. Sookie Stackhouse está a salvo, aunque un poco aturdida, deseosa de que todo vuelva a la normalidad. Pero la normalidad no termina de llegar. Demasiados vampiros -algunos amigos, otros no- han sido asesinados o heridos y su novio tigre, Quinn, está en el grupo de los desaparecidos. Las cosas están cambiando, les guste o no a los cambiantes y a los vampiros de su rincón de Luisiana. Y Sookie, amiga del grupo y con un vínculo de sangre con Eric Northman, líder de la comunidad vampira local, se ve en el meollo de cambios. En las subsiguientes batallas, Sookie ha de enfrentarse al peligro, la muerte y, una vez más, a la traición de alguien a quien quiere. Y justo cuando todo el pelaje ha terminado de volar por los aires y toda la sangre fría ha acabado de fluir, su mundo se verá alterado para siempre…

Except for Sookie Stackhouse, folks in Bon Temps, Louisiana, know little about vamps—and nothing about weres. Until now. The weres and shifters have finally decided to reveal their existence to the ordinary world. At first all goes well. Then the mutilated body of a were-panther is found near the bar where Sookie works—and she feels compelled to discover who, human or otherwise, did it. But there’s a far greater danger threatening Bon Temps. A race of unhuman beings—older, more powerful, and more secretive than vampires or werewolves—is preparing for war. And Sookie finds herself an all-too human pawn in their battle

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Sookie Stackhouse has one last adventure in store.  Life has taken her from a waitress in Merlotte's Bar, Bon Temps, to part owner; from social outcast to the heart of her community; from a vampire's girlfriend to the wife of one of the most powerful vampires in the state.  She has survived explosions, revolutions and attempts on her life. Sookie has endured betrayal, heartbreak and grief... and she has emerged a little stronger, and little wiser, every time. But with life comes new trials... 

After enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the brief but deadly Faery War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and she's angry. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman. But he's under scrutiny by the new Vampire King because of their relationship. And as the political implications of the Shifters coming out are beginning to be felt, Sookie's connection to the Shreveport pack draws her into the debate. Worst of all, though the door to Faery has been closed, there are still some Fae on the human side-and one of them is angry at Sookie. Very, very angry…

A dead body falls out of the Georgia sky on the first page of this rollicking, romantic Southern mystery starring librarian/sleuth Aurora Teagarden, "a heroine as capable and potentially complex and P.D

With her knack for being in trouble's way, Sookie witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, suspicion falls immediately on the anti-shifters in the area. Sookie suspects otherwise, but her attention is divided when she realizes that her lover Eric Northman and his "child" Pam are plotting to kill the vampire who is now their master. Gradually, Sookie is drawn into the plot-which is much more complicated than she knows

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Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. Until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life-and one of her coworkers checks out... Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea. A fun, fast, funny, and wonderfully intriguing blend of vampire and mystery that's hard to put down, and should not be missed. (Susan Sizemore)

The editors of Wolfsbane and Mistletoe and Many Bloody Returns deliver a new collection—including a never-before-published Sookie Stackhouse story. New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Katie MacAlister, Jeaniene Frost—plus Lilith Saintcrow, Jeff Abbott, and more—send postcards from the edge of the paranormal world to fans who devoured Wolfsbane and Mistletoe and Many Bloody Returns. With an all-new Sookie Stackhouse story and twelve other original tales, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner bring together a stellar collection of tour guides who offer vacations that are frightening, funny, and touching for the fanged, the furry, the demonic, and the grotesque. Learn why it really can be an endless summer—for immortals

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All new strange cases of death and magic in the city by some of the biggest names in urban fantasy.  In this all-new collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things that go bump in the night have something to fear...  Includes stories by New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green, S. M. Stirling, and Carrie Vaughn, as well as tales by Glen Cook, Bradley Denton, M.L.N. Hanover, Conn Iggulden, Laurie R. King, Joe R. Lansdale, John Maddox Roberts, Steven Saylor, Melinda Snodgrass, and Lisa Tuttle

Solo hay un vampiro con el que Sookie Stackhouse se relaciona, y ese es Bill. Pero desde hace algún tiempo está algo distante: tanto como que se ha ido a otro estado. Eric, su siniestro y atractivo jefe, cree saber dónde encontrarle. Sin pararse a pensarlo, Sookie pone rumbo a la ciudad de Jackson, Misisipi. Allí encontrará el Club de los Muertos, lugar de encuentro un tanto peligroso en el que la elitista sociedad vampírica acude a pasar el rato y engullir un poco de sangre del tipo O. Cuando Sookie sorprenda a Bill en un acto de indisimulable traición, ya no estará segura de si querrá salvarle… o sacar punta a unas cuantas estacas. Con esta nueva entrega de su saga más exitosa, Harris demuestra que una mezcla casi imposible de vampiros, misterio, romance, intriga y humor puede convertirse en una obra deliciosamente imprescindible

El juicio final está en camino, y Sookie Stackhouse tiene una habilidad especial para situarse en medio de los problemas; en particular cuando es testigo del ataque con bombas incendiarias al Merlotte’s, el bar donde trabaja. Dado que Sam Merlotte es conocido por su doble naturaleza. Las sospechas inmediatamente recaen sobre los cambiantes de la zona. Sookie tiene otra opinión, pero antes de que pueda investigar surge algo aún más peligroso. El amante de Sookie, Eric Northman, y su “niña” Pamela están tramando algo en secreto. Sea lo que sea, parecen decididos a mantener a Sookie al margen. Pero Sookie está igual de decidida a descubrir que está ocurriendo. No puede permanecer de brazos cruzados cuando tanto su trabajo como su vida amorosa están amenazados. Sin embargo, cuanto más progresa en sus investigaciones, más consciente es de que la situación es más mortal de lo que nunca hubiera podido imaginar

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New in the series from New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels. Lightning-struck sleuth Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver take a break from looking for the dead to visit the two little girls they both think of as sisters. But, as always happens when they travel to Texas, memories of their horrible childhood resurface. To make matters worse, Tolliver learns from his older brother that their father is out of jail and trying to reestablish contact with other family members. Tolliver wants no part of the man- but he may not have a choice in the matter. Soon, family secrets ensnare them both, as Harper finally discovers what happened to her missing sister, Cameron, so many years before. And what she finds out will change her world forever

An all-star urban fantasy collection featuring short stories from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, and more . . . In this short story collection of courage, adventure, and magic, heroes--ordinary people who do the right thing--bravely step forward. But running toward danger might cost them everything. . . In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's "Little Things," the pixie Toot-Toot discovers an invader unbeknownst to the wizard Harry Dresden . . . and in order to defeat it, he'll have to team up with the dread cat Mister. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs's "Dating Terrors," the werewolf Asil finds an online date might just turn into something more--if she can escape the dark magic binding her. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's "The Return of the Mage," the Britlingen mercenaries will discover more than they've bargained for when they answer the call of a distress beacon on a strange and remote world. And in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's "Comfort Zone," the necromancer Chloe Saunders and the werewolf Derek Souza are just trying to get through college. But they can't refuse a ghost pleading for help. ALSO INCLUDES STORIES BY Annie Bellet * Anne Bishop * Jennifer Brozek * Kevin Hearne * Nancy Holder * Kerrie L. Hughes * Chloe Neill * R.R. Virdi

The editors of the New York Times bestselling Death's Excellent Vacation bring home a new collection...with a never-before-published Sookie Stackhouse story!  There's nothing like home renovation for finding skeletons in the closet or otherwordly portals in the attic. Now, for any homeowner who's ever wondered, "What's that creaking sound?" or fans of "how to" television who'd like a little unreality mixed in with their reality shows, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner return with an all-new collection of the paranormal perils of Do-It-Yourself.  Sookie Stackhouse resides in these pages, in a never-before-published story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. And New York Times bestselling authors Patricia Briggs, James Grady, Heather Graham, Melissa Marr, and nine other outstanding writers have constructed more frightening and funny fixer-upper tales guaranteed to shake foundations and rattle readers' pipes

Ir a dos bodas -una de ellas la de un antiguo amor- y al funeral de uno de los miembros del club, ya disuelto, de aficionados al estudio de crímenes mantiene muy ocupada a Aurora «Roe» Teagarden durante unos meses. Por desgracia, su vida personal parece estar en un punto muerto, hasta que su suerte cambia inesperadamente. Tras el funeral, Roe descubre que Jane Engle, la fallecida, la ha nombrado beneficiaria de una considerable herencia que incluye dinero, joyas y una casa con un cráneo oculto en la repisa de una ventana. Conociendo a Jane, Roe concluye que la anciana le ha dejado deliberadamente un asesinato por resolver. Por tanto, deberá identificar a la víctima y descubrir cuál de los vecinos de Jane, todos aparentemente normales y corrientes, es un asesino. Y todo ello sin ponerse ella en peligro de muerte…

When a vampire asks Sookie Stackhouse to use her telepathic skills to find another missing vampire, she agrees under one condition: the bloodsuckers must promise to let the humans go unharmed

Never-before-published vampire stories by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, and many others. Suspenseful, surprising, sometimes dark, sometimes humorous-these all-new stories will ensure that readers never think of vampires (or birthdays) in quite the same way again. In New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's "Dracula Night," Sookie Stackhouse is the only human at the annual commemoration of Dracula's birth. But this year, the Prince of Darkness actually shows up-and finds Sookie to be a tasty-looking present. New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's crime-solving wizard Harry Dresden, of the Dresden Files novels, heads to a role-playing party to give his vampire brother a birthday present in "It's My Birthday Too," only to discover there are some bloodthirsty party crashers who don't share their brotherly love. In "Twilight," Cassandra DuCharme, who appeared in New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's Dime Store Magic, knows she has to kill to live as a vampire another year-but finds herself disturbingly disinterested in the hunt. Plus ten more bloody good birthday stories that take the cake

Czytając Martwego aż do zmroku zaczynasz wyobrażać sobie autorkę powieści, Charlaine Harris, jako ukochane dziecko Laurell K. Hamilton i Joego R. Lansdale'a – może z Tanyą Huff i P. N. Elrodem jako rodzicami chrzestnymi. A jednak "humorystyczny wampirzy kryminał z elementem romantycznym" Harris jest nie tylko kolejną mroczną igraszką z naszym ulubionym motywem nieumarłych. Otrzymujemy również opowieść o parze odmieńców próbujących znaleźć sobie miejsce w świecie, i o ich związku, który nie jest łatwy ani dla niej, ani dla niego. W świecie Harris wampiry stanowią mniejszość społeczną, która niedawno otrzymała prawa obywatelskie. Ich nierozcieńczona krew stała się niezwykle poszukiwanym lekarstwem. Na czarnym rynku fiolka wampirzego płynu życiowego – który podobno "tymczasowo łagodzi symptomy pewnych chorób i zwiększa potencję seksualną, będąc czymś w rodzaju skrzyżowania prednizonu z viagrą" – kosztuje dwieście dolarów. Odkąd prawnie uznano nieumarłych, kelnerka Sookie Stackhouse wyraźnie miała nadzieję, że ktoś taki zjawi się w małym północnoluizjańskim miasteczku Bon Temps. Jest więc po prostu zachwycona, kiedy wysoki, ciemnowłosy, przystojny, blady wampir siada przy jednym z jej stolików. Jednak dziewczyny nie pociąga wcale nieśmiertelność wampira ani nawet jego zmysłowa atrakcyjność. Wydaje się za to urzeczona faktem, że nie potrafi czytać mu w myślach. Sookie bowiem, wyobraźcie sobie, jest telepatką. Dar, który sama nazywa upośledzeniem, utrudnia jej życie, a zwłaszcza spotkania z mężczyznami (mimo iż jest atrakcyjną dwudziestopięcioletnią blondynką). Właściwie wszyscy w mieście nazywają ją stukniętą. Czasami, atakowana przez setki natrętnych, cudzych myśli, sama się uważa wariatkę. Sookie jest bohaterką zupełnie niepodobną do Buffy, więc ratuje świeżo poznanego wampira – wampira Billa, tak, naprawdę! – przed parą ludzi chcących osuszyć go z cennej krwi. Właśnie wtedy odkrywa, że nie "słyszy" ani jednej myśli Billa. Fakt ten wystarczy, by Sookie poczuła do wampira sympatię. Cóż, niektórym związkom trzeba było na początek nawet mniej. Okazuje się, że korzenie Billa sięgają Bon Temps, że wrócił tu i zamierza się osiedlić w rodzinnej posiadłości, którą właśnie odziedziczył. W dodatku, walczył w wojnie domowej, a wampirem został w roku 1870. Fakty te zachwycają babcię Sookie, oddaną członkinię lokalnego klubu Potomków Wybitnych Poległych. Bill może dostarczyć klubowi szczegółów, dzięki którym babcia i inni członkowie znajdą się w "genealogicznym siódmym niebie". Jednak szczęście nie tak prosto osiągnąć. Gdy zamordowano dwie młode kobiety, a na ich udach koroner znajduje ślady kłów, podejrzenie pada na wampiry, czyli także (a może przede wszystkim) na Billa. Mordercą mógłby też być Jason, seksowny brat Sookie, który uwielbia kobiety, choć lubi także lekką perwersję. Bill i Sookie (z niejaką pomocą pewnego wampira imieniem Bubba) muszą się zmienić w detektywów, rozwiązać zbrodnie i znaleźć prawdziwego przestępcę. Tak się to zaczyna… "Pierwszorzędny kryminał… Przekonujący i zadziwiający". "The Washington Post Book World" "Dobrze napisany i niezwykle interesujący… Wielka rzecz". "The Boston Glob" "Atmosfera książek Harris nawiązuje do czarnego kryminału oraz powieści detektywistycznej… Fabułę stanowi świetnie skonstruowana historia, która sięga pod powierzchnię małomiasteczkowego życia". "Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel" "Frapująca". "Minneapolis Star Tribune" "Opowieści Harris na przemian czarują i mrożą czytelnikowi krew w żyłach. Z tą trudną kombinacją autorka radzi sobie bez problemów, wręcz doskonale". Carolyn G. Hart "Styl Harris ma urok i lekkość, które przypominają styl powieści Anne Tyler… Jest oryginalny i zadziwiający. Niezwykłego smaku tej książce dodają nawiązania do powieści gotyckiej". "The Christian Science Monitor" "Nadzwyczajna". "Library Journal" "Styl Harris jest gawędziarski, zawsze przymilny, "tylko między nami dziewczynami". "Kirkus Reviews" "Charlaine Harris to imię i nazwisko, które trzeba zapamiętać". "Macon Telegraph and News" "Doskonałe powieści… Harris inaczej opowiada o morderstwach". "Mystery News"

Edited by Lee Child, this is the follow-up to FaceOff, but this time 11 female thriller writers with 11 male thriller writers. 

FIRST IN A NEW TRILOGY From Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse and her world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes a darker locale—populated by more strangers than friends. But then, that’s how the locals prefer it… Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town. There’s a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). There’s a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there’s new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own). Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth

Sookie Stackhouse es una camarera con un inusitado poder para leer la mente. Su don es el origen de sus problemas. Siempre acaba sabiendo más de lo que le gustaría de la gente que le rodea. De todos menos de Bill Compton, porque su mente, la de un vampiro qué trata de reinsertarse en la sociedad, es absolutamente impenetrable. Cuando sus vidas se cruzan descubrirá que ya no hay vuelta atrás. La aparición de un asesino en serie es la prueba definitiva para su confianza… Con 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

Para Sookie Stackhouse, las actividades del día a día de los vampiros y cambiantes de la comunidad de Bon Temps y alrededores, en Luisiana, son de vital interés. Tiene un vínculo de sangre con el rey de los vampiros, es amiga del grupo de cambiantes local, trabaja para un hombre que puede transformarse en cualquier animal y tiene un hermano pantera… Aunque para la mayor parte de la población humana, los vampiros son criaturas misteriosas y seductoras, y eso que ni siquiera saben de la existencia de los cambiantes… Hasta ahora. Se han decidido a seguir la línea de los no muertos y revelar por fin su existencia al resto del mundo. Al principio todo parece ir como la seda… pero el cuerpo mutilado de una pantera aparece en el parking del Merlotte's. Sin embargo, un peligro todavía mayor que el susodicho asesino amenaza Bon Temps. Una raza de seres mayores, más sabios y mucho más reservados que los vampiros o los cambiantes, se prepara para una guerra. Y Sookie se verá convertida en el títere humano de todos ellos en su batalla

An omnibus of novels From New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris and Nalini Singh and national bestselling authors Ilona Andrews and Meljean Brook, tales of man's worst friend… In these hound-eat-hound worlds, anything goes. and everything bites. Follow paranormal bodyguards Clovache and Batanya into Lucifer's realm, where they encounter his fearsome four-legged pets, in Charlaine Harris's The Britlingens Go to Hell. Seek out a traitor in the midst of a guild of non- lethal vampire trackers, one that intends to eradicate the entire species of bloodsuckers, in Nalini Singh's Angels' Judgment. Find out why the giant three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hades has left the underworld for the real world – and whose scent he's following – in Ilona Andrews's Magic Mourns. Embark on a perilous search for the kidnapped niece of a powerful vampire alongside her blind – and damn sexy – companion and a hellhound in Meljean Brook's Blind Spot. These four novellas by today's hottest paranormal authors will have hellhound lovers everywhere howling

Werewolves, vampires, witches, voodoo, Elvis—and weddings An “ordinary” wedding can get crazy enough, so can you imagine what happens when otherworldly creatures are involved? Nine of the hottest authors of paranormal fiction answer that question in this delightful collection of supernatural wedding stories. What's the seating plan when rival clans of werewolves and vampires meet under the same roof? How can a couple in the throes of love overcome traps set by feuding relatives—who are experts at voodoo? Will you have a good marriage if your high-seas wedding is held on a cursed ship? How do you deal with a wedding singer who's just a little too good at impersonating Elvis?

"On the way to a lunch meeting of her local book discussion group, the Uppity Women, small-town Southern librarian Aurora "Roe" Teagarden is shocked and dismayed to find her sister-in-law, Poppy, lying bloody and dead right outside her own back door. Poppy had her flaws, certainly – she and her husband were having trouble staying faithful to each other – but she didn't deserve to be so brutally murdered." Investigating a case like this is never easy, of course, given the gossipy atmosphere of any small town, what with Poppy and her husband's extramarital affairs, the local police detective, who also happens to be a former boyfriend of Roe's, and his seemingly unresolved feelings of Poppy, and the need to protect Poppy's family. But Roe is also coping with a burgeoning romantic relationship as well as the sudden appearance of her teenaged half brother. All in all, it's a lot for one woman to have on her plate, even one as together as Roe

An anthology of stories This one-of-a-kind collection features stories from some of the biggest names in mystery and fantasy-blending the genres into a unique hybrid where PIs may wear wizard's robes and criminals may really be monsters. Sit in on a modern-day witch's trial, visit the halls of a magical boarding school with murder on the curriculum, spend some time with Sookie Stackhouse, visit London 's hidden world of the Nightside, and become spellbound with eight more tales of magical mystery

Agatha Award (nominee) Publisher's Weekly An ingenious plot and sufficient flow of blood keep the pages flying in Harris's (Sweet and Deadly) third novel, as a series of killings patterned after celebrated murders is perpetrated on the small community of Lawrenceton, Ga. Twenty-eight-year-old Aurora (Roe) Teagarden, professional librarian, belongs to the Real Murders club, a group of 12 enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous baffling or unsolved crimes. As a meeting is to begin, Roe discovers the massacred body of a club member. She recognizes the method of slaughter as imitating the very crime she was to address that night-suddenly her life as armchair sleuth assumes an eerie reality. The murderer continues to claim victims, each in the style of a different historical killer. Roe herself becomes a target, and also attracts two admirers, Robin Crusoe, a famed mystery writer new to Lawrenceton, and club member/detective Arthur Smith. Death seems to have infused new life into her waning social calendar, an irony not lost on this pensive character. Harris draws the guilty and the innocent into an engrossing tale while inventing a heroine as capable and potentially complex as P. D. James's Cordelia Gray. (Dec.) School Library Journal YA- Someone is killing the crime buffs of the Real Murders Society in Lawrenceton, Georgia. A librarian, Aurora Teagarden, sets out to catch the brutal murderer after fellow club members end up as victims. The uncanny resemblances to famous crimes challenge Roe and her two admirers, policeman Arthur Smith and mystery writer Robin Crusoe, to pursue the criminal. The lighthearted, witty handling of characters contrasts with the heightening suspense as Aurora seeks clues by searching past mysteries for the killer's identity-until she is caught in the sadistic web of terror herself. Clever pacing along with ample red herrings and judiciously placed clues keep Harris's story moving briskly. Let's hope for another fast-paced mystery featuring Aurora and her friends.- Mary T. Gerrity, Queen Anne School, Upper Marlboro, MD *** Aurora Teagarden, Lawrenceton, Georgia, librarian and member of a club devoted to the study of famous crimes, has prepared what she thinks ought to be a riveting speech for the Real Murders Society. But a playful murderer steals the show with a real-life re-enactment of the case Aurora has chosen, casting one of the club members as victim. Gathering her wits about her after the shock of discovering the body, Aurora-Roe to her friends-provides some tips for policeman Arthur Smith, another member of the club, on the similarities between the cases. Soon bespectacled Roe is receiving attentions not only from Arthur but from mystery writer Robin Crusoe. Robin is new in town and a tenant of the apartment complex Roe manages for her mother. It is not long, however, before the unwonted glow of romance Roe is basking in is overshadowed by the murderer, who seems to have chosen her for his next victim. Roe is too smart to fall prey to the ghoulish prankster but he hits his mark the next time, killing the parents of one of her friends, again in the style of an earlier crime. Lawrenceton appears to have a serial killer on its hands, and an audacious one at that. He taunts the police further by planting evidence in one of their own vehicles, and on the properties of society members. Roe is sure one of her fellow history buffs is guilty but can’t decide whether it’s Philip Allison, a mentally disturbed library worker; Gilford Doakes, whose special interest is mass murders; or someone seemingly more stable, like reporter Sally Allison or banker Bankston Waite. Supported by Arthur and Robin, between whom she is not yet ready to choose, Roe scours the chronicles of old murders and the real settings of the crimes for the clues that will crack the case

Shakespeare, Arkansas, is a small Southern town with plenty of secrets, and Charlaine Harris's Lily Bard is just one more of its residents – albeit one harboring a few secrets of her own – with a desire to live quietly. Lily keeps to herself, between her job as a cleaning woman for several townspeople and her visits to the gym, where she's a devotee of karate and bodybuilding. These two pursuits seem a bit odd for the petite Southern woman, but as work and play, they keep her focused and balanced. When a fellow gym member is found dead after a workout with a barbell across his throat, Lily wants to believe it's an accident. But looking at the incident against the background of other recent events in Shakespeare, including a few incidents that appear to be racially motivated, she's afraid it could be a part of something much, much bigger – and much more sinister

These Lily Bard novels stand out among traditional cozy mysteries because of the noirish spin Harris puts on the seemingly typical charming southern town of Shakespeare, AR, on her heroine. Lily Bard makes a compelling amateur sleuth. Here she heads home to Bartley, AR, for her sister Varenas Christmas wedding. But soon after she arrives, Lilys private-detective boyfriend shows up too: hes investigating a 4-year-old unsolved kidnapping. Lily cant help but get involved when she discovers that the case hits dangerously close to home – for Varenas new husband is the widowed father of a girl bearing a remarkable resemblance to the vanished child

Cleaning woman and karate expert Lily Bard is a woman with a complicated past. Trying her best to cope with her terrifying memories and horrible nightmares, she decides to join a weekly group therapy session in her hometown of Shakespeare, Arkansas. At first, Lily can hardly believe the number of her fellow Shakespeareans that share her life experiences. As it turns out, the group members' feelings aren't the only things that need sorting out – they assemble for a session and find a woman dead, killed in bone-chilling fashion and deliberately left on display to send a twisted message. Who would commit such horrendous crime, and who is the intended recipient of the message? Before long, Lily becomes embroiled in this disturbing murder and its aftermath, one in which the brutal killer's motives are entirely unclear. The truth is, the situation has dredged up more than a few of her own terrible secrets, and she may not be able to rest until she can untangle the who and why of this terrible crime. But can she accomplish this before the killer strikes again, and before her nightmares send her over the edge? Shakespeare's Counselor is the most complex and absorbing installment yet in Charlaine Harris's engaging, original, and more than slightly dark mystery series

Lily Bard is a loner. Fiercely protective of her independence, she concentrates on her karate skills and her work as the proprietor of a cleaning and errand-running service, and pays little attention to the town around her. When her landlord is murdered, though, she looks like the prime suspect. Uncovering the real killer may be the only way to prove her innocence, and Lily realizes that she must focus on the other residents of tiny Shakespeare. Her job gives her easy access to people's private lives, and she begins to snoop, finding plenty of skeleton-filled closets, and exposing herself to the unwanted attentions of a murderer

Welcome back to Shakespeare – a charming Arkansas town with endless back roads, an eclectic mix of residents, and a dollop of noir. Featuring cleaning woman/karate expert Lily Bard." "Lily discovers lifelong Shakespeare resident Deedra Dean murdered inside a car parked in a woodsy area outside town. Determined not to get involved, Lily wants to leave the police work to Sheriff Marta Schuster and her team of deputies, and concentrate on cleaning, high kicks, and her boyfriend Jack's impending visit. But when Deedra's notoriously promiscuous lifestyle provides an extensive list of suspects but very few clues, Lily has no choice but to resume the role of amateur detective and join the investigation

A new collection of linked short stories from Charlaine Harris, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse books, the basis for HBO’s True Blood, and the Midnight Crossroad series, the inspiration for Midnight, Texas on NBC. Principal Anne DeWitt knew her past could catch up with her, but she didn’t expect it would make her late for school. Killing a man does take time though; so does disposing the body… if you do it right. After three relatively quiet years at Travis High School, it seems Anne is in danger of being exposed—even the baseball coach knows more about her former life than she ever imagined. Now, she must find out who else holds her secrets and who wants her to pay for them… without letting it make her tardy again. Anne still has a school to run, parents to manage, and a few students who might benefit from her unique—and deadly—experience. Collected together for the first time in Small Kingdoms and Other Stories, “Small Kingdoms,” “Sarah Smiles,” “Small Chances,” and “Small Signs” are sure to delight fans of Charlaine Harris

Today's hottest urban fantasy authors come together in this delicious brew that crackles and boils over with tales of powerful witches and dark magic! In Charlaine Harris' 'Bacon, a beautiful vampire joins forces with a witch from an ancient line to find out who killed her beloved husband. In 'Seeing Eye' by Patricia Briggs, a blind witch helps sexy werewolf Tom Franklin find his missing brother — and helps him in more ways than either of them ever suspected. And in Jim Butcher's 'Last Call, wizard Harry Dresden takes on the darkest of dark powers — the ones who dare to mess with this favorite beer. For anyone who's ever wondered what lies beyond the limits of reality, who's imagined the secret spaces where witches wield fearsome magic, come and drink deep. Let yourself fall under the spell of this bewitching collection!

Now best known for her New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels, Charlaine Harris hit "a home run the first time out" (Birmingham News) with the story of a murder that embroils a small-town reporter in mystery that hits close to home… Catherine Linton has returned to her hometown of Lowfield, Mississippi, unconvinced that the death of her parents in a car crash six months earlier was an accident. And her suspicions are confirmed when she stumbles upon the dead and beaten body of her doctor-father's longtime nurse. There are secrets being kept in Lowfield. And the town where Catherine grew up may be the same place where she is sent to her grave…

1 New York Times best-selling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, Louise Penny brings her “nerve and skill—as well as heart” (Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post) to selecting the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year

While "Roe" Teagarden thought she found true happiness in her marriage to rich businessman Martin Bartell, she comes to realize that his past is hardly an open book to her. After moving into a house where the previous tenants, the Juliuses, had disappeared six years earlier, Roe decides to solve the case. Her investigation proffers some potentially dangerous secrets regarding the Juliuses-and her husband