Great Charlaine Harris Books including Sookie Stackhouse
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Great Charlaine Harris Books-Sookie, Aurora, Harper and Lily
This lens is about my favorite Charlaine Harris books including Sookie Stackhouse, Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly and Lily Bard. Please vote below on who your favorite heroine is. Please check back as I will be adding reviews and other information regularly. Thanks for visiting.
Shakespeare's Landlord- The 1st Lily Bard Mystery
Shakespeare's Landlord is the first Lily Bard mystery, and it is a good one. Lily is a thirty one year old recluse who has issues from her past and she has escaped and hidden herself away in Shakespeare, Arkansas. One night Lily sees someone pushing a cart filled with large bags into the park across from where she lives. Once the mysterious figure has gone, Lily goes to investigate what she had seen, only to discover the dead body of her landlord. Lily then calls the local police and reports what she saw without identifying herself. While she tries to figure out who killed her neighbor, she also has to do her job as a house cleaner (even though she has an education), and still keep her past undercover, Lily finds that there are people out there who learn about her painful past and use this information as a way to taunt her.
Lily is an interesting character and the author uses Lily's interest in Martial arts as a way to show how Lily deals with the demons of her past. She is seen as a solitary person who is obsessed with self-defense as a way of coping with her past, a past which the reader eventually finds out about. The author also shows that there are still issues to be dealt with in regards to race, class and gender. She shows Lily as a strong, independent, if not stubborn woman, who seeks to find justice as she knows it.
Shakespeare's Landlord
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- If you were a landlord, your carriage had panelling of cherry-wood and perhaps a walnut inlay. And of course if you were a beggar you had a wooden bowl if you were lucky ? or you were put in the stocks made of wood, if your luck ran out.
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Shakespeare's Champion- The 2nd Lily Bard mystery
This is the second book in the Lily Bard Shakespeare's series and it finds Lily still trying to stay out of the spotlight, which she seems to always draw upon herself. This time, she uses her martial arts skills to help stop an interracial fight at a local drive-in. Lily still works as a cleaning lady and still works out at the local gym. It is at this gym that she finds the body of a man who is a fellow gym member Del Packard, lying dead with a heavy barbell across his throat. As much, as Lily hopes that this is an accident, she knows that it's not and she soon discovers that the man's death is somehow related to two recent racially motivated deaths in Shakespeare, one of a black man and one of a white farmer. Neither of these murders have been solved at this point. As always, Lily puts her own life on the line, while searching to find the reasons for the deaths and for the people behind them.
This is a very good book with intricate characters and a very interesting plot. While very subtly working her own investigation, Lily runs across a private investigator names Jack. It seems that Jack is investigating the family of someone Lily works for. Jack it seems is also from Lily's hometown and has a very painful past as well. He and Lily start to bond over their pasts and begin to fall in love.
The writer weaves a tale of new romance against a backdrop of intense racial hatred, and what extremes people will go to when they feel they are justified. There are racial flyers placed on cars and a group of people who form their own militia even end up bombing a church and killing people including a high up police official, and injuring Lily. It is after this injury that Jack, who Lily has known by another name, reveals to her his true identity.
Shakespeare's Champion
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Shakespeare's Christmas- the 3rd Lily Bard mystery
Shakespeare's Christmas is the third book of the Lily Bard series, after Shakespeare's Landlord and Shakespeare's Champion. Lily, who now lives in Shakespeare Arkansas working as a house cleaner while hiding a traumatic past, heads home to Bartley for the wedding of her estranged sister Varena. Unfortunately Lily's need to stay out of the spotlight disappears quickly once she is in Bartley as she stops a purse snatching and then walks into the aftermath of a gruesome double murder of the town doctor and his nurse.
While Lily tries to work through her own issues and try and reconcile with her family, she soon learns that Jack Leeds her investigator boyfriend is embroiled in an eight year old kidnapping investigation which leads him to Bartley too. Lily learns that the case
Jack is working on may be tied to her sister's widower fiancé who has an eight year old daughter. Shortly after Jacks arrival, Lily and Jack get embroiled in the murder of three people who are tied into the eight year old case. They only have a few days to sort everything out, before Varena marries a possible murder suspect.
. This book is a strong entry in the Shakespeare series. It shows a softer side of Lily and also shows the deepening relationship between Lily and Jack. The book also shows how Lily tries to interact with small children, something she is not comfortable with. She has a difficult time keeping her feelings about the murders to herself since she knows that either Varena's fiancé Dill, or the local minister or furniture salesman are somehow involved in the eight year old kidnapping and the recent murders. She and Jack have to work quickly and solve the case so they can head back to Shakespeare in time for Christmas.
Shakespeare's Christmas
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Shakespeare's Trollop- The 4th Lily Bard Mystery
Shakespeare's Trollop is the fourth book in the Lily Bard series by Charlaine Harris. Lily is a cleaning lady and martial arts expert who always manages to get involved in other people's problems no matter how hard she tries not to. It's no different in this book as Lily is the one who is in the wrong place at the wrong time and finds the dead, violated body of Deedra Dean, a woman she cleans for. Lily finds Deedra totally naked in her car in a secluded area of Shakespeare. Deedra's clothes and jewelry have been thrown around outside of her car, making it look like a tryst gone bad. Because Deedra died from a severe blow to the chest, the kind delivered by someone proficient in martial arts, Lily is immediately a suspect.
Because Deedra is a local girl known for her promiscuity, suspects abound in Shakespeare. It doesn't help matters when Lily finds sex toys and sex related videos when helping Deedra's mother clean out Deedra's living quarters. While she doesn't know it at the time, Lily discovers an important clue to Deedra's murder. While Deedra's lifestyle lends itself to a lot of possible murder suspects, the police have a hard time finding her killer. While Lily doesn't show a lot of compassion for Deedra because of her lifestyle, she does feel that she should investigate her murder, since the police have not come up with any serious leads. The videotapes that Lily finds eventually lead her to the murderer, but not the way you expect
Shakespeare's Trollop
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- Chesterton and the Bible
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Shakespeare's Counselor-The 5th Lily Bard Mystery
Shakespeare's Counselor by Charlaine Harris , the fifth and last book in the series, is also one of the best. When the story starts, we find out that Lily has secretly married Private Investigator Jack Leeds. Although they had been dating, Lily and Jack decided to keep their marriage quiet for a while, until Lily became comfortable with the idea.
Lily, who was raped and brutalized before coming to Shakespeare, has another one of her violent nightmares. Before she has a chance to awake from this one, she almost kills Jack thinking he was one of her attackers. It is because of this incident that Lily decides to finally seek counseling.
She joins a local support group run by Tamsin Lynd, a professional counselor. When the group meets and gives a little information about themselves, Lily learns that Tamsin herself has a big problem. Having recently moved to Shakespeare from Cleveland, Tamsin has been running from a stalker. Tamsin and her husband soon find out that the stalker has followed her to Shakespeare. Not long afterwards, an incoming member of the support group is murdered in Tamsin's office. Lily uses her newly found investigative skills (she is her husbands apprentice), to help solve the murder and the stalking. She also has to contend with a lady cop who has followed Tamsin to Shakespeare because she is obsessed with finding the stalker, and a very avid reporter, looking for a story.
This is a fast paced, complex, suspenseful thriller that is full of surprises, twists, and turns. This book delves into the private lives of Jack and Lily and of the women in the support group. Lily learns that some of the people she already knew have been brutalized and are members of the group. There are many clues and some interesting twists in the story, but I have to admit, I figured this one out.
Shakespeare's Counselor
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Real Murders-The First Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Twenty eight year old Aurora "Roe" Teagarden is a sensible single librarian in the town of Lawrenceton, Georgia. It is here that she belongs to a "Real Murders Club," a group of twelve people who meet once a month on Friday evenings to discuss famous murder cases, and unsolved crimes. This particular week, it is Roe's turn to lead the discussion.
However, as Roe and fellow members gather to discuss a case, a fellow member is found murdered at the meeting site, in a way that resembles a murder that the group was about to discuss. Suddenly, things become too real. Police then find the deceased members purse in the car of another member, and Roe and her mother are sent tainted candy. Soon, other bodies start to pile up, each one imitating a true crime. Roe soon realizes that there is a copy cat murderer on the loose. Roe begins to wonder, who she resembles and if she will be the next person to be murdered. Does one of the "Real Murders Club" members go too far?
This is an interesting mystery that starts out a little slow, but if you can make it through the first couple of chapters, it becomes more interesting. The character of Roe is down to earth, and is an easy character to relate to. When Roe teams up with local policemen, Arthur and new in town writer Robin, to help solve the murders, a little romance is thrown in. The two possible romantic interests in this book also make it interesting because Roe is a quiet woman who usually doesn't have a date on Saturday nights.
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A Bone To Pick- The 2nd Book in the Aurora Teagarden series
A Bone to Pick is the second book in the Aurora Teagarden series. At the beginning of this book Aurora, or Roe as she likes to be called, finds herself having attended both her mother's wedding and the wedding of Arthur Smith, a man she used to date. However, on a more somber note, Roe also attends the funeral of Jane Engle, a woman she knew from the Real Murders Club, a non disbanded group that both belonged to in the past.
Imagine Roe's surprise when she finds out from Jane's lawyer, that Jane has left Roe her home, jewelry and a great deal of money in her will. But the surprises don't stop there. When Roe goes over to the house to check it out, she finds that someone has broken into the home, but that nothing has been stolen. She also discovers that she has inherited Jane's pregnant cat. Curious because nothing appears to be appears to have been taken in the break-in, Jane starts to look around more carefully. What she finds is a human skull buried underneath carpet in a window seat. At first Roe tried to picture the elderly woman as a murderer. Something about that just didn't seem right. So, instead of going to Arthur, or another police officer Roe decides to hold on to the skull temporarily.
Roe finds that she is the "hot" topic of conversation in her town, as she is dating the local minister and has inherited a lot of money and other items from a woman she wasn't real friendly with. People start to wonder what is going on. Roe starts to investigate and finds that two people from the neighborhood have gone missing over the years. One man never came back after going to the store to buy diapers, and another apparently disappeared during the night because he owed a lot of back rent.
It isn't until quite a bit later in the book that the rest of the skeleton was found at the end of the neighborhood street, and the murder investigation began to pick up. Eventually Roe has to tell the police about the skull she found in Jane's house and then the mystery picks up.
A Bone to Pick
Three Bedrooms, Once Corpse- The 3rd Aurora Teagarden mystery
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse is the third book in the Aurora Tegarden series. Aurora ( known to her friends as Roe) is a thirty year old single women in Lawrenceton Georgia. Aurora has worked previously as a librarian, but has quit that job since she received an inheritance from a friend.
In this book, Roe has just started working for her mom's real estate company, where she is learning the ropes. Hoping to decide if the real estate business is for her, Roe takes on the responsibility of showing a home to one of her mother's prospective clients, a man named Martin and his sister Barby.Unfortunately for Roe,when she goes to show the home, she comes across the dead body of another realtor. A short time later, another realtor is found dead.
Roe has her hands full with the murders as they hit a little close to home. A key which was used to open the house Roe was showing has somehow made it back to the spot it belongs in the real estate office, leaving Roe concerned that the murderer is another realtor. She also has her hands full with Martin, a new mysterious man who recently moved to Lawrenceton with his sister.
This was an interesting book with a clever plot. It was never obvious who the killer was, or what the reason was behind it. Roe is a strong and interesting character, but her love at first site feelings for Martin seemed somewhat unusual for her. Martin is somewhat secretive and not all that likeable. At least Martin is a little more interesting than Roe's previous boyfriend, minister Aubrey. Their relationship seemed a little too forced.
Overall this is a very good addition to the series. I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Charlaine Harris. It is a fun and light read.
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
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The Julius House-4th book in the Aurora Teagarden series
The Julius House is the fourth book in the Aurora Teagarden series. This book starts off with Roe explaining how she and Martin had bought each other wedding presents that were very important to both of them. Their wedding is only a few weeks away and Aurora (Roe) is still having doubts about Martin. Not about her love for him, but about the kind of work he does. She also knows that some of her closest friends have their doubts about him too and are concerned for her.
Roe has always admired the Julius House, a home about a mile out of town. This home once belonged to a family who mysteriously disappeared, leaving people from Lawrenceton sure that the house is haunted. Imagine Roe's surprise and delight when she finds out that the house is a wedding present from Martin. Imagine her further surprise when she learns that a friend of Martin's and his wife will be living in the apartment attached to the house.
Soon, Roe and Martin are married and leave for a beautiful two week honeymoon. Things start to get dicey when they return, and Roe learns the real reason that Martin's friend Shelby and his wife Angel are living there. Roe insists that Martin be more straight foreword with her, and he admits that he was afraid she wouldn't marry him if she knew about his other "job."
Roe, at loose ends because she is angry and upset with her new husband and curious about the former tenants decides to look into their disappearance. Since Angel, her tenant is not working; she enlists her help in finding out whatever information they can about the missing Julius family.
As in previous books in the series, Roe's sleuthing manages to get her into trouble. She is attacked at her house by an axe wielding man. Fortunately for her, Angel is around and they avert disaster. However, they do not call the police for fear that the attack had something to do with Martin's second job.
Roe finds out that the Julius family grandmother is still in the area and is hoping that some day her family will return. Roe also feels that this woman is hiding something regarding the disappearance. But she does learn that the grandmother has a sister that lives elsewhere and so Roe and Angel leave town to talk to the grandmother's sister.
Things start to pick up when the amateur detectives come across a startling find when they get to the aunt's house. This is where the mystery part of the book picks up, and things start to get more dangerous for Roe. Roe soon learns who the murderer is and how things happened.
The Julius House
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Dead Over Heels- The 5th Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Dead Over Heels is the 5th book in the Aurora Teagarden series. In this book, "Roe" and her bodyguard Angel are in Roe's backyard when a body falls out of a plane and into the yard. The body turns out to be that of detective Jack Burns, her nemesis. Roe has to find out why the detective was killed and why he was dumped in her backyard. Roe asks herself if his death is related to her secretive husband Martin, or to her bodyguard Angel, to Angel's husband Shelby or to Roe herself. As more murders are committed, Roe has to yet again search for the truth.
Dead Over Heels by Charlaine Harris
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An Ice Cold Grave
An Ice Cold Grave is the third book in the Harper Connelly series. First a little background information is necessary. In a previous book it is learned that as a fifteen year old, Harper was struck by lightning and now has the ability to sense when and where dead people may be. It is because of this ability, Harper and her step brother Tolliver are asked to locate a missing boy in North Carolina.
Imagine Harper's surprise and dismay when she actually finds multiple grave sites instead. She soon realizes that a serial killer is on the loose and even though some people want Harper and Tolliver to stick around, others do not. In addition to the boys graves (it is discovered that these were graves of boys thought to run away), Harper is able to find graves of tortured animals.
When Harper starts to question people about the missing boys and asks how people could just assume that so many had just run away, she herself is attacked. While Harper wants nothing more than to return home so that she can heal, she is pressured into staying by the grandmother of one of the victims, and a new sheriff who always thought that the previous sheriff was covering things up. While law enforcement was working on solving the disappearances and murders, they came to rely on Harper, even though they were skeptical of her abilities.
This is the first book of the series that I have read, and I plan to read the rest. While the book was a little dark and gruesome in spots, it was well written and the characters were well established. The book showed an interesting relationship between Harper and Tolliver was explored and helped to lighten things up a bit. This is a great book, but there are some graphic scenes which may be unpleasant to some readers.
Some of the characters are skeptical about the powers which Harper possesses, but when she finds the bodies, they change their minds. This book also shows the distress of Harper because as she deals with the missing boys, it reminds her of her own missing/abducted sister. The language is strong in this book also, but it really brings out the horrific circumstances they are dealing with. Although I had a feeling who the killer was early on, the book was strong enough to keep my interest, and it was written in such a way, that I really wasn't sure.
An Ice Cold Grave
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Grave Secret
Grave Secret is the latest book in the Harper Connelly series. In this book Harper and Tolliver take a break from their work to go to Texas to visit their younger siblings Gracie and Mariella. What they weren't expecting to find however, was that their father had been released from jail and was trying to re-connect with his family.Harper and Tolliver also have to break the news to their family about their new found relationship. And of course, there are still dead bodies calling Harper. Fans of Harper and Tolliver will be pleased with the books ending. However, this appears to be the last book in the series.
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Dead Until Dark- The first Sookie Stackhouse mystery
Sookie Stackhouse is a mind reading waitress in small town in Louisiana. She has never had a boyfriend because she can read people's minds and that really interferes with everything. But one day, Bill the Vampire enters the restaurant and orders some blood ( which they are currently out of) where she works and things are about to change.
Recently, vampires have come out of the coffin, so to speak and are now part of society. They can live on artificial blood and are no longer considered a danger to the rest of society. However, they still have some of their own places; a hotel named Blood in the Quarter and a bar called Fangtasia. Sookie becomes very interested in Bill when she realizes he is a vampire and that she can't read his thoughts. So since Sookie considers her mind reading capability a disability, she feels that Bill is perfect for her. After all, he really is dead, a definite disability by people standards.
However, many people still don't like the vampires and believe them to be quite dangerous. When women start turning up strangled, with bite marks on their legs, the vampires, including Bill become suspects. Sookie doesn't believe Bill has anything to do with the deaths, especially after she realizes she is also a target. Sookie's brother Jason is also considered a murder suspect for a short time because he dated some of the victims.
Then someone sets some of the vampires on fire, causing Bill to be concerned about his own safety and that of some of his friends.
Bill and Sookie are a fun pair and I look forward to more of their adventures together in books to come. The author does a good job with character development with Sookie and Bill and you also get a good look into the character of Sam, Sookie's boss. Definitely a great beginning to the series.
Dead Until Dark
Living Dead in Dallas- The 2nd Sookie Stackhouse mystery
Living Dead in Dallas is the second book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. In this book, Sookie's friend and co-worker, Lafayette is found dead in the trunk of a car belonging to local cop Andy Bellefleur. Before Sookie can help find out what happened to her friend, she is asked by Eric, a friend of Sookie's vampire boyfriend Bill to help find a missing vampire. Sookie promises to use her telepathic skills to listen in on conversations between humans in Dallas where the missing vampire is thought to be. She makes a deal with Eric who also promises that those who are guilty will be given over to the police and not be killed by the vampires.
Sookie goes to Dallas with Bill as her escort and soon learns that a religious sect, The Fellowship of the Sun, is holding the missing vampire. The sect plans to use the vampire as part of a ceremony during which they intend to kill him. Can Sookie, Bill and Eric save the missing vampire before the sect kills him? Sookie tries to infiltrate the group to find the missing vampire and almost gets raped and killed herself. However, a vampire who wishes to kill himself manages to save her life first. Eventually things get cleared up with the sect and Sookie and Bill return to Bon Temps.
Back at Bon Temps, Sookie then tries to solve the murder of her friend and co-worker Lafayette, whose murder is being tied to local cop Andy Bellefleur. Things between Sookie and Bill get a little strained and we learn about Bill's relationship to Andy Bellefleur and his sister, Portia.
This book is a good entry in the series, but I feel that it isn't as strong as Dead Until Dark and I didn't enjoy it as much. This story seemed to jump around a bit more and it didn't flow smoothly. There are more intense sex scenes between Sookie and Bill, as they attempt to make up after splitting up for three weeks. There is also some sexual tension between Sookie and Eric, although most of the interest appears to be on Eric's part.
The content of this book is more graphic, not only in the sex scenes, but also in the violence. There are more murders in this book than in the first, and the violence towards Sookie seems to have escalated.
Living Dead in Dallas
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Club Dead- The 3rd Sookie Stackhouse
In Club Dead, the third book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, Sookie finds that the vampire of her dreams, Bill has pretty much been ignoring her. Bill has become preoccupied with a special project with the Louisiana vampire community and Sookie learns that Bill is cheating on her. This special project has brought Bill in contact with a former vampire love of his, Lorena.
Soon, through Bill's boss Eric, Sookie learns that Bill is missing. Eric, himself interested in Sookie, convinces the heartbroken Sookie to help him find Bill. To help protect Sookie, Bill sends a werewolf named Alcide for her protection. Sookie takes on the assignment to help find Bill even though she is very angry with him.
Since Alcide is a werewolf he can help get Sookie into places she wouldn't normally feel comfortable going into, such as Club Dead. Sookie's ability as a telepath is needed again, in order to listen in on conversations related to Bill and his disappearance. Almost immediately after arriving at the Club Dead, Sookie gets into trouble, as Alcide who pretends that she is his girlfriend, steps away for just a minute.
Sookie comes across Alcide's former love interest, who although engaged to someone else, goes after Sookie probably out of jealously. Later on in the book, when Sookie finds Bill, she is attacked by Lorena. Lorena,who supposedly wants Bill for herself is just using him and Sookie finds Bill beaten badly but still alive.
Club Dead is a good book, more enjoyable than Living Dead in Dallas. However, as I am reading this series, I can't help but feel that Sookie is being beaten up way too many times in each book. The violence seems to increase as the series goes along. It doesn't make sense for Sookie to keep going back to help the vampires, when she is beaten badly every time she takes on a cause of theirs. Maybe that is why she shuts the door on both Bill and Eric at the end of the book when they try and come into her home. Hopefully, in the next book, Sookie will have more of a backbone, and she will do things more on her terms, instead of because of her "love" for Bill.
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris interview about True Blood
Interview with Charlaine about True Blood, the TV series based on the Sookie Stackhouse books
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HBO series True Blood- Based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels
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Dead To The World- Sookie Stackhouse # 4
Dead To The World is #4 in the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. In this book, Sookie who is still recovering from her injuries from the last time she was beaten up, discovers a half naked Eric along the side of the road, on her way home from work one night. Sookie soon realizes that Eric has no memory of who he is, or who she is.
Even though she is still angry at Bill, her ex-boyfriend vampire who works for Eric, Sookie nonetheless takes Eric back to her home to takecare of him. Sookie finds that she likes this version of Eric much better than the original and she helps to keep Eric from a coven of
witches she believes are after him. In the meantime, Eric manages to get himself into Sookie's bed. Sookie realizes that this Eric probably won't remember how he feels about her when he gets his memory back, but she still sleeps with him anyway.
In addition to keeping Eric safe from the witches, Sookie's brother Jason seems to have disappeared. Various vampires, werewolves, shape shifters and a goofy fairy as well as the local police try to help find Jason, but to no avail.
This is a very good book and my favorite one second only to Dead Until Dark which is the first book in the series. This book was much less violent than the previous book, and I was glad to see that Sookie was beaten badly again. This book also left the "relationship" between Sookie and Eric open, even though Eric got his memory back at the end of the book. Eric questions Sookie about his staying with her for protection and about what happened between them. Though neither Eric nor Sookie mention specifics, the reader is left feeling like there is definitely unfinished business between them.
Dead to the World- Sookie Stackhouse #4
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A Secret Rage
A Secret Rage is a stand alone book by Charlaine Harris
Former New York City model Nickie Callahan was looking forward to moving in with an old college friend and living in a small town called Knolls, Tennessee. However, things are not as they seem in this college town.
A serial rapist strikes the town and Nickie is among his victims. At first Nickie fears that the rapist will kill her but when he doesn't she vows to fight back for justice.
This book gives a realistic view of the older southern ways as they mesh with newer up to date ones, including those that deal with racism. This is a fast paced novel with some clues to the culprit and some red herrings thrown in. Reactions to the crimes by both the victims and the community are explored. A worthy read, but definitely not a cozy mystery.
A Secret Rage by Charlaine Harris
Dead As A Doornail- Sookie Stackhouse # 5
Dead as a Doornail is book number 5 in the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire mystery series. This book starts where book number 4 left off as Eric the vampire leader has gotten his memory back but doesn't remember what happened between him and Sookie. That's all right with Sookie because she doesn't want Eric to remember what went on between them and how it relates to what happened to Alcide's former fiancée Debbie who is missing.
Sookie has enough on her plate what with her brother Jason being a new member of the were-panther family, after being bitten by one. So in addition to everything else she has to do, Sookie has to keep her eyes on Jason, especially on the night of the first full moon. Things get a little crazy however, when someone starts to kill shape shifters and Jason is accused, because he was made a were-panther against his will.
This particular book in the series includes a crossing over from Charlaine Harris' Lily Bard books. Lily Bard Leeds and her husband Jack are investigators sent to Bon Temps to look for the missing Debbie, and are very much interested in what Sookie knows about the woman's disappearance.
This is a very interesting book that delves more into the lives of the were-people and less into Bill and Eric and the other vampires. Again, Sookie doesn't lack for male attention, and she meets Quinn someone new who is another shifter.
These books get more and more interesting as the series goes on as we see more of Sookie and what she is really made of. We get a big glimpse into how important her brother Jason is and how she tries to protect him. I would definitely recommend this series to anyone looking for something a little bit different and who enjoys Charlaine Harris books.
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Definitely Dead- Sookie Stackhouse # 6
This is the 6th book in the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series, and unfortunately, it isn't one of the best. In this book, Sookie's cousin Hadley, a vampire, is murdered, and Sookie inherits Hadley's place. So Sookie decides to clean it up and finds an unwelcome site waiting for her in Hadley's closet.
There are other sub-plots in this book including one involving a missing child that Sookie finds, and one with Sookie's brother Jason and his girlfriend. Sookie and her were boyfriend Quinn are mugged on their first date and end up in the emergency room and Sookie meets her cousin Hadley's landlady, Amelia, a sweet little witch. Later on,
Quinn and Sookie are kidnapped, and they must unravel the mystery of Hadley's death before they become victims themselves. There must be a clue somewhere amongst Hadley's possessions, and someone wants to prevent them from finding it.
In this book we learn a little more about Bill and Sookie's relationship. Although it wasn't something that I expected to learn about Bill, it does explain a few things. Ms Harris makes it appear as though things are finished between Sookie and Bill in this book, but I don't feel this is the case.
This book was my least favorite in the Sookie Stackhouse series, and I was very disappointed in it after enjoying the first five books, much more. It is confusing and seems to have been put together too quickly. I felt that I was missing information regarding Sookie's cousin even though I had read all the books in the series up to that point. Sookie's lovelife is also getting a bit contrived at this point, and I am not crazy about the super macho Quinn. His pet name of "Babe" for Sookie is quite annoying, as is he. Even though he has been written as the bad guy at this point, I prefer Bill to either Quinn or Eric, but I definitely like Quinn the least. At this point, I would prefer it if Sookie stuck to one love interest, or at least, one lover for more than just a little time.
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All Together Dead- Sookie Stackhouse - # 7
All Together Dead is the seventh book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, a series about an enthusiastic telepathic barmaid from Bon Temps Louisiana. In this book, Sookie travels to a vampire convention in Michigan, where in addition to the convention, Louisiana vampire Queen Sophie-Anne will be tried for the murder of her king. Sookie witnessed the murder of the King so she knows the Queen is innocent. Not happy about attending the convention, Sookie is forced to do so by Sophie-Anne and Eric the vampire.
However, once there, Sookie meets up with Barry the Bellboy, another telepathic human (who was introduced in Living Dead in Dallas). Throughout this book Sookie and Barry team up to try and figure out all that is going on at the convention, and that is definitely a great deal.
The summit, which includes the usual parties and a large cast of characters, also includes the murder of more vampires. It's up to Sookie and Barry to discover who's responsible for the murders and the other chaos that ensues. Are the murders connected to the Queen's trial? Are they somehow connected to Sookie?
While at the convention, Sookie and Barry discover bombs planted in the hotel, and have to react quickly in order to prevent everyone from blowing up. This is a difficult task, as Sookie must awaken vampires during the day, to get them out of the hotel in time before a bomb goes off.
This is an interesting book with many characters and a few different plots happening simultaneously. Sookie's new roommate in Bon Temps, Amelia is pretty humorous as she attempts to deal with her boyfriend Bob, whom she has accidently turned into a cat.
Again, as in previous books, Sookie has an abundance of male suitors interested in her. Her current boyfriend Quinn is present at the summit and is a little more developed in this book. I am not thrilled with this character however, and find his calling Sookie "babe" rather annoying. Bill and of course Eric are both present at the summit, and Bill tries to apologize to Sookie yet again, for his past indiscretions.
This book was better than Definitely Dead, the previous book, but didn't tie up any loose ends with Sookie, Bill and Eric. The addition of Amelia and the human Barry added amusement to the book and gave Sookie someone else to hang out with other than Quinn and the vampires. However, I also felt this book made it look like Sookie was moving away from what is left of her "normal" life in Bon Temps, and more towards her supernatural friends. Hopefully in books to come, Ms. Harris will tie up loose end and finally make a decision for Sookie and her male friends. While a little bit of indecision regarding these men is interesting, it's getting a little stale. Maybe the next few books will tie up loose ends and Sookie will make a decision.
All Together Dead - Sookie Stackhouse # 7
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From Dead To Worse- Sookie Stackhouse #9
From Dead to Worse is the eighth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, a series about a telepathic waitress who lives in Bon Temps Louisiana. In this installment, Sookie is back home in Bon Temps after barely escaping with her life at a Vampire conference hotel explosion.
Sookie has plenty to keep her busy in Bon Temps, and she is hopeful that some of it will give her life some normalcy. Two of her friends are getting married and Sookie is helping out with the weddings. In fact, at the last minute, one of the bridesmaids takes ill, leaving Sookie to fill in as bridesmaid, complete with awkward high heels and a dress, which definitely shows off her figure.
While there wasn't a strong plot in this book, I was happy to see that there wasn't as much violence either. A lot of what Sookie encounters in From Dead to Worse involves relationships. She learns that she has a couple of family members she didn't know she had, one of whom is her great grandfather on her fairy side. She also finds a little bit of peace in her relationship with Bill and Eric has been remembering his time with Sookie. Quinn, her boyfriend seems to have disappeared after being injured in the explosion at the hotel. In this book, Ms. Harris also appears to tease the reader with the increased closeness between Sookie and her boss Sam.
All of these relationships play a pretty big role in From Dead to Worse, and there is closure in one of the relationships. Sookie also takes another look at her relationship with Eric as she realizes that her concern for him may not be solely due to the new Vampire regime from Las Vegas that is taking over in Bon Temps. This takeover is a major part of the book and is played out with less violence than usual.
Sookie and her roommate Amelia are still looking for a way to turn Amelia's cat Bob back into a person, and they may be able to do so. Amelia's witch boss, Octavia may just be able to reverse the spell that Amelia put on Bob. Again in this book, as in the others, I found the relationship between Sookie and Amelia amusing and hope that they continue to be friends. Sookie and Amelia are also convince Octavia to put a spell on Tanya a women who had been harassing Sookie and her brother Jason.
It seems like a lot of loose ends are tied up in this book. It's almost as if this book were written as if it were the last in the series, even though it is not. Sookie Stackhouse number nine, Dead and Gone was released in May. I look forward to reading it in hopes of a resolution in Sookie's love life.
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Dead In The Family
In Dead in the Family, Sookie is still recovering from her injuries from the Fae War. She is also trying to recover from the near demise of her first love, Bill. And as Sookie soon finds out there is still one Faery out there that would like to see her dead.In spite of her difficulties there are positive things in Sookie's life. She and Eric are in love, her brother Jason has a new girlfriend and her good friend is having a baby. Dead in the Family is another fun book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, but like all it's predecessors, it is also filled with danger and death. Overall it is a good read and an enjoyable entry in the series.
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An upcoming Charlaine Harris Book
Strange Brew
Amazon Price: $5.09 (as of 02/15/2012)
This is an upcoming (early July) non-series Charlaine Harris book. In this book a vampire joines forces with a witch to find out who killed her husband. Other stories are by Patricia Briggs and Jim Butcher.
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- Ginnie Graham: With E-books, judgment sold separately
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A Fatal Waltz
by Tasha Alexander
A Fatal Waltz is the third book in the Lady Emily Ashton series, set in Victorian England. In this installment, Lady Emily agrees to attend a party at the home of Lord Fortescue, a powerful man who Emily finds despicable. But her good frie...
Among the Mad
by Jacqueline Winspear
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear is an excellent mystery in the Maisie Dobbs series. At the beginning of this novel, Maisie witnesses a man commit suicide with a bomb on a busy London Street. While Maisie is witnessing this, Maisi...
Booby Trap
by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Odelia Grey, recently married, middle aged, plus sized and a paralegal also runs a support group called Reality Check, a group for people who don't feel like they fit in. In Booby Trap, the fourth novel of the series, Odelia deals with murd...
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
Call of the Wild is the classic story of a dog named Buck, a powerful half St. Bernard, and half sheepdog. Buck was living an average life in California with his owner, Judge Miller, until gold was discovered in Canada. Buck was then kid...
Poppy Done to Death
by Charlaine Harris
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A Fatal Waltz
by Tasha Alexander
A Fatal Waltz is the third book in the Lady Emily Ashton series, set in Victorian England. In this installment, Lady Emily agrees to attend a party at the home of Lord Fortescue, a powerful man who Emily finds despicable. But her good frie...
Among the Mad
by Jacqueline Winspear
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear is an excellent mystery in the Maisie Dobbs series. At the beginning of this novel, Maisie witnesses a man commit suicide with a bomb on a busy London Street. While Maisie is witnessing this, Maisi...
Booby Trap
by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Odelia Grey, recently married, middle aged, plus sized and a paralegal also runs a support group called Reality Check, a group for people who don't feel like they fit in. In Booby Trap, the fourth novel of the series, Odelia deals with murd...
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
Call of the Wild is the classic story of a dog named Buck, a powerful half St. Bernard, and half sheepdog. Buck was living an average life in California with his owner, Judge Miller, until gold was discovered in Canada. Buck was then kid...
Poppy Done to Death
by Charlaine Harris
Thirty six year old librarian Aurora "Roe" Teagarden is a widow who lives in Lawrenceton Georgia, a small town where everyone seems to know everyone else. It's also the sort of place where certain people are divorced from other ...
Share book reviews and ratings with Wendy, and even join a book club on Goodreads.
New Comic Strip!
The first book in Charlaine's Harper Connelly series, called Grave Sight will be coming out in comic book form in 2010 courtesy of Dynamic Entertainment!
New Book News
Two new books for 2010; Death's Excellent Vacation which contains a new Sookie Stackhouse story and the latest Sookie book , currently unnamed due to come out in May 2010.
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