Charlaine Harris est une romancière publiée depuis plus de trente-cinq ans, tissant des récits qui brouillent souvent les frontières des genres. Ses récits mélangent habilement mystère, surnaturel et romance, créant des mondes immersifs pour les lecteurs. Harris est célébrée pour sa voix distinctive et son talent pour l'élaboration de intrigues complexes et de personnages mémorables. Sa capacité à explorer l'extraordinaire dans l'apparence ordinaire lui a valu un lectorat international dévoué.
Quand le danger rôde suivi de Disparition à Dallas
La jeune serveuse de Chez Merlotte, Sookie Stackhouse, très attirée par les vampires, a, en outre, l'extraordinaire faculté de lire dans les pensées d'autrui. Ses aventures dans la petite ville de Bon Temps commencent alors qu'une série de crimes sème la terreur et qu'elle tombe amoureuse d'un beau vampire, Bill Compton. Tandis que, très vigilante, elle veille à ce qu'il ne boive que de son sang, ses relations avec la communauté à laquelle il appartient vont la précipiter dans les enquêtes au péril de sa vie.
Peu après sa rupture avec Bill, Sookie Stackhouse, la jeune serveuse de Chez Merlotte, trouve sur son chemin un homme nu et séduisant. Et quel homme ! Un vampire, plutôt : Eric Northman, le sheriff au charme ensorcelant qu'une sorcière dépitée a privé de sa mémoire ! Le dangereux prédateur est devenu une proie pour ceux qui veulent sa peau, mais Sookie est bien déterminée à ne pas les laisser faire...
Les vampires vivent désormais parmi les humains grâce à un substitut leur permettant de se nourrir sans tuer. Mais la méfiance règne toujours à Bon Temps, petite ville de l'Amérique profonde. L'arrivée de Bill, ténébreux vampire du me siècle va bouleverser la vie de la jeune serveuse télépathe, Sookie, d'autant qu'une vague de crimes s'abat sur la ville.
Dans ce 9e opus, Sookie doit faire face au meurtre horrible d'une Panthère-garou, aux questions indiscrètes du FBI après l'explosion à la Convention des vampires et se retrouve prise pour cible par différentes factions Faes. La vie n'est décidément pas de tout repos à Bon Temps !
" C'est moi Sookie, je suis de retour, mais cette fois, je pars en mission dans la capitale du vice ! La reine des vampires m'a ordonné d'enquêter sur la mort de ma cousine-vampire Hadley. Et quand la reine ordonne... Bonne fille, j'obéis mais l'héritage d'Hadley attise la convoitise. Heureusement, Quinn, mon sublime tigre-garou, m'accompagne dans cette enquête sanglante. " Sookie Stackhouse a quitté le fin fond de la Louisiane pour La Nouvelle-Orléans et utilise ses talents de télépathe pour enquêter sur la mort suspecte de sa cousine, dont la nature des relations avec la reine est encore trouble... De révélation en révélation, Sookie va rapidement regretter la vie paisible et les vampires finalement si peu terrifiants de Bon Temps.
Après les dégâts provoqués par l'ouragan Katrina, la Reine des vampires avait tout perdu et était accusée de meurtre ! Et bien sûr, moi seule pouvait la blanchir ! On m'a donc envoyée, moi, Sookie Stackhouse, avec la délégation officielle, au sommet des vampires. J'avoue que je n'étais pas mécontente de quitter Bon Temps pour les bords du lac Michigan. Il allait s'en passer, des choses ! À commencer par des meurtres. Beaucoup de meurtres. » Trahie par son grand amour aux longues canines, la jeune serveuse télépathe doit non seulement gérer un nouveau prétendant - un tigre-garou ô combien séduisant ! - mais également aider la Reine à recouvrer sa puissance financière et son autorité morale. Sookie devra choisir son camp, au jeu dangereux de la vie et de la mort...
Revoilà Sookie Stackhouse, la jeune serveuse télépathe de Chez Merlotte, dans une aventure pour le moins singulière : lasse de supporter l'indifférence de Bill, son beau vampire parti en voyage, elle part enquêter au sein de la pègre des suceurs de sang. Aidée d'un loup-garou, qui fait naître en elle des désirs insoupçonnés, elle doit retrouver Bill, kidnappé par une ancienne amante - une vampire sexy en diable - et faire taire sa jalousie, tout en esquivant les avances d'Eric, le dangereux et séduisant Viking mort depuis plus de mille ans...
Encore affectée par la mort de sa cousine fae, Sookie rencontre d'autres problèmes : l'arrivée du créateur d'Eric, un Romain de l'Antiquité , accompagné du tsarévitch Alexis Romanov, sauvé des Bolchéviques, mais vampire...
Revoilà Sookie Stackhouse, la jeune serveuse télépathe de Chez Merlotte, dans une aventure pour le moins singulière : lasse de supporter l'indifférence de Bill, son beau vampire parti en voyage, elle part enquêter au sein de la pègre des suceurs de sang. Aidée d'un loup-garou, qui fait naître en elle des désirs insoupçonnés, elle doit retrouver Bill, kidnappé par une ancienne amante - une vampire sexy en diable - et faire taire sa jalousie, tout en esquivant les avances d'Eric, le dangereux et séduisant Viking mort depuis plus de mille ans...
Le Roi des vampires de Louisiane, Felipe de Castro, est à Bon Temps. Alors qu’il boit un verre avec Sookie et ses acolytes, le cadavre d’une jeune femme – dont Éric vient de boire le sang pour se nourrir – apparaît dans le jardin de ce dernier. Sookie et Bill sont chargés de résoudre le meurtre. Mais la victime a une ennemie bien décidée à faire vivre un enfer à Sookie.
Avec son habitude de toujours être dans les mauvais plans, Sookie est témoin d'une attaque à la bombe du Merlotte, le bar où elle travaille. Maintenant que Sam Merlotte est maintenant connu comme métamorphe, les soupçons se tournent immédiatement vers les "anti" locaux. Mais Sookie suspecte quelque chose d'autre, elle et Sam travaillent ensemble pour découvrir qui est le coupable et les motivations de cette attaque. Mais son attention est perturbée. En effet, même si elle ne peut pas lire dans les pensées des vampires, Sookie connait bien Eric, son amour et Pam, la "fille" de celui-ci, et elle réalise qu'ils se préparent à assassiner le vampire qui est maintenant leur maître. Progressivement, elle se retrouve embarquée dans ce complot - qui se trouve être plus complèxe qu'elle ne le croit - et rattrapée par les enjeux politiques du monde des vampires Sookie apprendra qu'elle est plus qu'un pion dans ce jeu, contrairement à chaque humain ordinaire....
Sookie et Arlene, c'est une longue histoire. Le jour où Arlene veut reprendre son job, Sookie ne voit pas pourquoi elle lui ferait ce plaisir. Après tout, Arlene a tout de même voulu la faire crucifier ! Quant à sa relation avec Eric Northman, elle s'évapore dans un silence glacial, et il ira jusqu'à ordonner à ses vampires de garder leurs distances... Quand Sookie en apprend la raison, elle est dévastée. Les choses se compliquent encore pour elle quand Arlene est retrouvée morte. Elle est immédiatement soupçonnée du crime. Enquêtant sur cette affaire, Sookie va alors découvrir que la vie à Bon Temps a de quoi faire frémir.
Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in a little bar in Bon Temps, a small town deep in Louisiana. She's funny and pretty and well-mannered, but she doesn't have that many close friends - mind you, that's not so surprising when you consider how few people can appreciate her abilities as a mind-reader. It's not a quality that has the guys beating down her door - well, unless they're vampires or werewolves or the like . . . but they're not just supernatural freaks, some of them are friends, even family . . . The box contains: Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead, All Together Dead, From Dead to Worse.
At Midnight's local pawnshop, weapons are flying off the shelves - only to be
used in sudden suicides 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...
Picking up right where A Longer Fall left off, this thrilling third installment in the Gunnie Rose series follows Lizbeth Rose as she takes on one of her most dangerous missions yet: rescuing her estranged partner, Prince Eli, from the Holy Russian Empire. Once in San Diego, Lizbeth is going to have to rely upon her sister Felicia, and her growing Grigori powers to navigate her way through this strange new world of royalty and deception in order to get Eli freed from jail where he's being held for murder.
Set contains the Mass Market Paparback printings by Ace Books (the first two books are also Media-Tie books): * Dead Until Dark (ISBN: 9780441016990) * Living Dead in Dallas (ISBN: 9780441018246) * Club Dead (ISBN: 9780441010516) * Dead to the World (ISBN: 9780441012183) * Dead as a Doornail (ISBN: 9780441013333) * Definitely Dead (ISBN: 9780441014910) * All Together Dead (ISBN: 9780441015818) * From Dead to Worse (ISBN: 9780441017010)
THE AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES: An omnibus edition of Roe Teagarden's adventures! Aurora Teagarden loves reading about famous murderers - until she finds herself investigating a real-life killing spree! The first four novels in the Aurora Teagarden mysteries series. Lawrenceton, Georgia, may be a growing suburb of Atlanta, but it's still a small town at heart. Librarian Aurora Teagarden - Roe - grew up there, and she reckons she knows everything about her fellow townsfolk, including which ones share her interest in the darker side of human nature. This is omnibus edition contains four novels: Real Murders (book 1); A Bone to Pick (book 2); Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (book 3 ); The Julius House (book 4)
The Dark Tower meets True Blood in this gritty and wildly entertaining tale from No.1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris, telling an alternate history of the United States where magic is an acknowledged but despised power. The third book in the breathtaking Gunnie Rose series.
Sookie Stackhouse enjoys her job as a cocktail waitress in Merlotte's, a small-town bar in small-town Bon Temps, deep in Louisiana. She's funny and pretty and, thanks to her grandmother, she's very well-mannered - but since not many people truly appreciate her ability to read their minds, the guys haven't exactly been beating down her door ... And then along came Bill, tall, dark and handsome - and Sookie couldn't 'hear' a word he was thinking. He was exactly the type of guy she'd been waiting all her life for. Of course, Bill had a disability of his own: fussy about his food, not into suntans, bit of a night person: yep, Bill was a vampire. But at least now Sookie nows there *are* guys she can date who won't worry about her catching them thinking about other women ...
In Sleep Like a Baby, the latest installment of the #1 New York Times
Bestselling Charlaine Harris's Aurora Teagarden series, Robin and Aurora have
begun their adventure in parenting.
Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse investigates a mysterious sniper who has set his sights on the local changeling population, especially when her brother Jason becomes the prime suspect in the deadly attacks.
After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the manmade explosion at the vampire summit, everyone human and otherwise is stressed, including Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse, who is trying to cope with the fact that her boyfriend Quinn has gone missing. It's clear that things are changing whether the weres and vamps of her corner of Louisiana like it or not. And Sookie, Friend to the Pack and blood-bonded to Eric Northman, leader of the local vampire community is caught up in the changes. In the ensuing battles, Sookie faces danger, death, and once more, betrayal by someone she loves. And when the fur has finished flying and the cold blood finished flowing, her world will be forever altered.
Hired to find a boy missing in Doraville, North Carolina, Harper Connelly and her brother Tolliver head there - only to discover that the boy was only one of several who had disappeared over the previous five years. All of them teenagers. All unlikely runaways. All calling for Harper. Harper soon finds them - eight victims, buried in the half-frozen ground, all come to an unspeakable end. Afterwards, what she most wants to do is collect her fee and get out of town ahead of the media storm that's soon to descend. But when she's attacked and prevented from leaving, she reluctantly becomes a part of the investigation as she learns more than she cares to about the dark mysteries and long-hidden secrets of Doraville-knowledge that makes her the next person likely to rest in an ice-cold grave.
Aurora Teagarden: 3 When Roe Teagarden decides to leave her job as a librarian and turn her hand to real estate, she has no idea she's made a life or death decision. Until, that is, she discovers the naked corpse of a rival estate agent on her first house showing. And when a second body is found in another house on the market, it's clear that being in real estate in Lawrenceton is a very dangerous profession. Roe is going to have to find the killer, before she becomes the next corpse.
Now adapted for television in SyFy UK's Midnight, Texas series - welcome to Charlaine Harris's bestselling paranormal mystery series about a small town where only outsiders fit in . . . Welcome to the most intriguing mystery you'll read this year. Welcome to Midnight, Texas. It's a quiet little town, perched at the junction between Davy Road and Witch Light Road, and it's easy to miss. With its boarded-up windows, single traffic light and sleepy air, there's nothing special about Midnight . . . which is exactly how the residents like it. So when the news comes that a new owner plans to renovate the run-down, abandoned old hotel in town, it's not met with pleasure. Who would want to come to Midnight, with its handful of shops, the Home Cookin diner, and quiet residents - and why? But there are bigger problems in the air. When Manfred Bernado, the newest resident in town, is swept up in a deadly investigation suddenly the hotel and its residents are the least of the towns concern. The police, lawyers and journalists are all headed to Midnight, and it's the worst possible moment . . .
For the first time together in one volume, the complete short story collection
starring Sookie Stackhouse - with new introductions from the #1 Sunday Times
bestselling author of the series, Charlaine Harris.
Felicia, Lizbeth Rose's younger half-sister and student at the Grigori school within the capital of the New Holy Russian Empire in San Diego, is caught between secrets and powerful family struggles. As a distant relative to the Tsar, she provides an essential service to him by providing blood transfusions for his hemophilia, and she is thus given rare access and dismissed as if cattle. At the Grigori school she is seen as a charity case, a poor orphan with no prospects and no sign of magical prowess--the latter which Felicia keeps purposefully hidden. And yet, when a kidnapping attempt is made upon Felicia her past and her future crash together in violent ways. Felicia, it turns out, is far more than the Russian-Mexican waif Lizbeth rescued, and the journey of discovery she is on is filled with magical assassins and desperation, but above it all is her courage to never give in to the limitations imposed upon her
If you think your family relationships are complicated, think again: you haven't seen anything like the ones in Bon Temps, Louisiana. Sookie Stackhouse is dealing with a whole host of family problems, ranging from her own kin (a non-human fairy and a telepathic second cousin) demanding a place in her life, to her lover Eric's vampire sire, an ancient being, who arrives with Eric's 'brother' in tow at a most inopportune moment. And Sookie's tracking down a distant relation of her ailing neighbour (and ex), Vampire Bill Compton. In addition to the multitude of family issues complicating her life, the werewolf pack of Shreveport has asked Sookie for a special favour, and since Sookie is an obliging young woman, she agrees. But this favour for the wolves has dire results for Sookie, who is still recovering from the trauma of her abduction during the Fairy War.
Felicia, Lizbeth Rose's half-sister and a student at the Grigori Rasputin school in San Diego -- capital of the Holy Russian Empire -- is caught between her own secrets and powerful family struggles. As a granddaughter of Rasputin, she provides an essential service to the hemophiliac Tsar Alexei, providing him the blood transfusions that keep him alive. Felicia is treated like a nonentity at the bedside of the tsar, and at the school she's seen as a charity case with no magical ability. But when Felicia is snatched outside the school, the facts of her heritage begin to surface.
No. 1 New York Times bestseller Charlaine Harris, author of True Blood,
returns to her fan-favorite Aurora Teagarden series with All the Little Liars,
a fabulously fun new mystery.
Four authors present novellas about hellhounds, including tales featuring bodyguards in Lucifer's realm, non-lethal vampire trackers, Cerberus leaving the underworld, and the kidnapping of a powerful vampire's niece.
It's all about family ... Sookie Stackhouse is dealing with a whole host of family problems, ranging from her own kin (a non-human fairy and a telepathic second cousin) demanding a place in her life, to her lover Eric's vampire sire, an ancient being who arrives with Eric's 'brother' in tow at a most inopportune moment. And Sookie's tracking down a distant relation of her ailing neighbour (and ex), Vampire Bill Compton. In addition to the multitude of family issues complicating her life, the werewolf pack of Shreveport has asked Sookie for a special favour, and since Sookie is an obliging young woman, she agrees. But this favour for the wolves has dire results for Sookie, who is still recovering from the trauma of her abduction during the Fairy War.
When she was 15, Harper Connelly was struck by a bolt of lightning. She recovered, mostly... she has a strange red spiderweb on parts of her body, and her right leg is weak. Sometimes her right hand shakes. She has headaches. And she can find dead people. That was the part that interested anthropology professor Dr Clive Nunley, who invited Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver to Memphis to give a demonstration of her unique talent - and what better place for it than an old cemetery? Dr Nunley doesn't bother to hide his scepticism, even when Harper senses a young girl, recently deceased, in a grave alongside its owner - a centuries-deceised man. When the grave is opened, Harper is proved right: the dead girl is Tabitha Morgenstern, an eleven-year-old abducted two years previously. That's bad enough, but worse is to come, for Harper tried - and failed - to find the child when she first went missing... so Harper and Tolliver embark on their own investigation to find the killer. And the next morning a third dead body is found in the grave.
Includes an original Sookie Stackhouse story TALES OUT OF SCHOOL BY ILONA ANDREWS • AMBER BENSON • RHYS BOWEN • MIKE CAREY • CHARLAINE HARRIS • DONALD HARSTAD • STEVE HOCKENSMITH • NANCY HOLDER • FAITH HUNTER • TONI L. P. KELNER • MARJORIE M. LIU • JONATHAN MABERRY • THOMAS E. SNIEGOSKI What could be scarier than the first day of school? How about a crash course in the paranormal from Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner, editors of Games Creatures Play? Your worst school nightmares—taking that math test you never studied for, finding yourself naked at a school assembly, not knowing which door to enter through—will pale in comparison to these thirteen stories that take academic anxiety to realms you never dared to imagine. You’ll need more than an apple to stave off these creatures. Remember your first lesson: Resistance is fruitless!
When her sister-in-law Poppy is found murdered, amateur sleuth Aurora Teagarden teams up with Poppy's boyfriend, a local police detective, to solve the case, in spite of complications caused by their own past relationship.
There's something rotten in Shakespeare... — Lily Bard was running from shattering memories when she moved to Shakespeare, Arkansas. Now cleaning houses pays her bills. Working out helps her heal. Still protecting her scars, she hides a hard body and impressive skill at martial arts under baggy sweats. And nobody knows how strong she is until racial violence has her looking behind closed doors for a killer -- doors to which a housecleaner might have the key.When Lily uses her training in goju to help a black man jumped by white teens, she does it for justice...only to hear he's been abducted and beaten to death a few weeks later. Then a bodybuilder is killed at her gym. Both incidents jar Lily's need for security and refuge. Looking into closets, sweeping under rugs, she soon uncovers enough dirt to confirm that something sinister is growing in her adopted town. Getting involved could endanger her life. But Lily is seeing a new man and dreaming new dreams. And no one can make this strong woman run again.
In this captivating mystery, Harper Connelly possesses a unique ability to locate dead bodies and sense their last moments. After a tragic accident, she becomes a target of suspicion in a small town where her skills are both feared and misunderstood. As she navigates the complexities of her gift, Harper must unravel the truth behind a series of mysterious deaths while confronting her own troubled past. This story blends suspense with supernatural elements, showcasing Harper's resilience and determination in the face of adversity.
A thrilling blend of supernatural elements, this story weaves together werewolves, vampires, witches, and voodoo, all set against the backdrop of Elvis-themed weddings. The narrative promises a unique mix of humor and horror, exploring the chaos that ensues when these diverse creatures intersect during a momentous occasion. Expect an entertaining ride filled with eccentric characters and unexpected twists as love and the supernatural collide in a festive atmosphere.
Cleaning lady and karate expert Lily Bard returns home for her sister's Christmas wedding and becomes caught up in an unsolved four-year-old kidnapping when she discovers that her new brother-in-law's daughter bears a striking resemblance to the missing child. Original.
From the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, the inspiration for HBO’s True Blood, comes “a gripping, twisty-turny, thrill ride of a read” (Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author) following a young gunslinging mercenary on deadly mission through the American Southwest. In a fractured United States, a new world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards. Lizbeth Rose has a wildly fearsome reputation but these wizards are desperate. Searching the small border towns near Mexico, they’re trying to locate a low-level magic practitioner believed to be a direct descendant of Grigori Rasputin. As the trio journey through an altered America—shattered into several countries after the assassination of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression—they’re set on by enemies. It’s clear that a powerful force does not want them to succeed in their mission. Lizbeth Rose has never failed a client, but this job may stretch her to her deadly limits. “Immersive, involving, suspenseful and intriguing, with a main character you’ll love” (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author), An Easy Death is a fast-paced thriller of the highest order.
Sookie Stackhouse likes living in Bon Temps, Louisiana, and she likes working as a cocktail waitress at Merlotte's. But she is having a streak of bad luck. First her co-worker is killed, and no one seems to care. Then she comes face-to-face with a beastly creature which gives her a painful and poisonous lashing. Enter the vampires, who graciously suck the poison from her veins (like they didn't enjoy it). The point is the vampires saved her life. So when one of the bloodsuckers asks for a favour, she obliges - and soon Sookie's in Dallas, using her telepathic skills to search for a missing vampire. She's supposed to interview the humans involved, but she makes one condition: the vampires must promise to behave, and let the humans go unharmed. But that's easier said than done, and all it takes is one delicious blonde and one small mistake for things to turn deadly...
Lightning-struck sleuth Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver are experts at getting in, getting paid, and then getting out of town fast--because the people who hire Harper have a funny habit of not really wanting to know what she has to tell them. At first, the little Ozarks town of Sarne seems like no exception. A teenage girl has gone missing, and Harper knows almost immediately that this girl is dead. But the secrets of her death--and the secrets of the town--are deep enough that even Harper's special ability can't uncover them. With hostility welling up all around them, she and Tolliver would like nothing better than to be on their way. But then another woman is murdered. And the killer's not finished yet... Includes bonus material and a teaser for Cemetery Girl, an original graphic novel by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden--with art by Don Kramer.
From the bestselling author of Dead Over Heels, Roe, still grieving her husband's death, faces danger when a movie company arrives in Lawrenceton to adapt a book by her ex-boyfriend Robin Crusoe. After the lead actress is murdered, Roe and Robin must stop a killer targeting Roe.
Take a tour of Bon Temps, Louisiana, in this definitive guide to the family, friends, enemies, adventures and lovers of clairvoyant waitress Sookie Stackhouse, heroine of the bestselling novels and HBO series True Blood. TV tie-in.
Urban fantasy where mystery waits at the end of every alley and things that go bump in the night have something to fear... 1 The Bastard Stepchild - George R.R. Martin 2 Death by Dahlia - Charlaine Harris 3 The Bleeding Shadow - Joe R. Lansdale 4 Hungry Heart - Simon R. Green 5 Styx and Stones - Steven Saylor 6 Pain and Suffering - S.M. Stirling 7 It's Still the Same Old Story - Carrie Vaughn 8 The Lady is a Screamer - Conn Iggulden 9 Hellbender - Laurie R. King 10 Shadow Thieves - Glen Cook 11 No Mystery, No Miracle - Melinda M. Snodgrass 12 The Difference Between a Puzzle and a Mystery - M.L.N. Hanover 13 The Curious Affair of the Deodand - Lisa Tuttle 14 Lord John and the Plague of Zombies - Diana Gabaldon 15 Beware the Snake - John Maddox Roberts 16 In Red, with Pearls - Patricia Briggs 17 The Adakian Eagle - Bradley Denton
Welcome to Shakespeare, Arkansas. Lily Bard came to the small town of Shakespeare to escape her dark and violent past. Other than the day-to-day workings of her cleaning and errand-running service, she pays little attention to the town around her. So when she spots a dead body being dumped in the town green, she's inclined to stay well away. But she was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and despite her best efforts, she's dragged into the murder case. Lily doesn't care who did it, but when the police and local community start pointing fingers in her direction, she realizes that proving her innocence will depend on finding the real killer in quiet, secretive Shakespeare.Shakespeare's Landlord is the first book in Charlaine Harris's Lily Bard mysterious series.
Lycanthropy is the theme of a special anthology of holiday tales featuring an outstanding collection of werewolf stories by Charlaine Harris, Simon R. Green, Keri Arthur, Dana Stabenow, Carrie Vaughn, Patricia Briggs, Rob Thurman, and others.
A collection of suspenseful, surprising, sometimes humorous tales about vampires features never-before-published works including Charlaine Harris's heroine Sookie Stackhouse in "Dracula's Night," Jim Butcher's wizard hero Harry Dresden in "It's My Birthday Too," and other stories by Tanya Huff, P. N. Elrod, Christopher Golden, Bill Crider, and others. Reprint.
The editors of Many Bloody Returns, including New York Times best-selling authors Charlaine Harris, Katie MacAlister and Jeaniene Frost, present 12 original tales featuring supernatural beings going on vacation, including an all-new Sookie Stackhouse story.
When her husband's niece shows up unannounced on their doorstep with a baby and a secret, Aurora's curiosity leaps into overdrive--especially when the body of the girl's husband is found in Aurora's backyard.
Author of the books that inspired True Blood on HBO Aurora Teagarden surprises even herself with how quickly she's settled in to domestic bliss with her new husband, Martin. But when the body of Roe's nemesis, Detective Jack Burns, drops from an airplane to land in her yard, Roe once more finds herself involved in a mysterious death. It isn't long before Roe realizes that strange things are happening to those around her, including anonymous "gifts" appearing at her home. Suspecting that everything is somehow related, Roe digs for her own answers before someone else winds up dead. She'll have to investigate everyone she knows, and the truth she uncovers will change her life forever. #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris is back with another delightful whodunit and a cast of memorable characters. The Aurora Teagarden mysteries have been adapted into film for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Author of the books that inspired True Blood on HBO Aurora Teagarden is happily preparing for her wedding to dashing business executive Martin Bartell. As a wedding gift, Martin buys her the house of her dreams: the "Julius house," infamously named after the family who vanished from the house without a trace six years ago. As Roe sets about renovating and decorating her new home, she's never felt happier. Then Martin suddenly rents the small apartment on their new property to an old army buddy and his wife, who seem to be more bodyguard than tenant, and Roe is sure her husband-to-be is keeping secrets. To take her mind off her suspicions, she opens her own unofficial investigation into the Julius family cold case. But when an axe-wielding stranger attacks her, Roe must determine whether it's her husband's secrets, the mystery of the Julius family's fates, or both, that have put her own life on the chopping block. #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris has once again brought Southern charm and an engaging mystery in this latest Aurora Teagarden installment. Real Murders, A Bone To Pick, Three Bedrooms, One Corpse, and the rest of the Aurora Teagarden series has been adapted into film for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Take a trip to the small Texas town where only outsiders fit in with the first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’ paranormal mystery series. 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 the Davy highway. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town. There’s a pawnshop with three residents. One is seen only at night. There’s a diner, but people stopping there tend not to linger. There’s a newcomer, Manfred Bernardo, who just wants to work hard and blend in. But Manfred has secrets of his own...
Home renovation often uncovers hidden secrets or even supernatural surprises. This collection is a delightful treat for homeowners who have ever questioned those eerie noises before disaster strikes. Editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner present an anthology focused on the paranormal challenges of DIY projects. It features a brand-new Sookie Stackhouse story by Charlaine Harris, alongside 13 additional cautionary tales from bestselling authors like Patricia Briggs, James Grady, Heather Graham, and Melissa Marr. This compilation promises a mix of fright and humor, perfect for those who enjoy tales that shake foundations and rattle pipes. It is the fourth anthology following previous collections like Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, Many Bloody Returns, and Death’s Excellent Vacation. The stories include "If I Had a Hammer" (Sookie Stackhouse #12.5) by Charlaine Harris, "Wizard Home Security" by Victor Gischler, "Gray" (Mercy Thompson #0.5) by Patricia Briggs, and many more, each offering a unique perspective on the trials of home improvement with a paranormal twist.
It's all about family ... Sookie Stackhouse is dealing with a whole host of family problems, ranging from her own kin (a non-human fairy and a telepathic second cousin) demanding a place in her life, to her lover Eric's vampire sire, an ancient being who arrives with Eric's 'brother' in tow at a most inopportune moment. And Sookie's tracking down a distant relation of her ailing neighbour (and ex), Vampire Bill Compton. In addition to the multitude of family issues complicating her life, the werewolf pack of Shreveport has asked Sookie for a special favour, and since Sookie is an obliging young woman, she agrees. But this favour for the wolves has dire results for Sookie, who is still recovering from the trauma of her abduction during the Fairy War.
A winning mystery collection edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris—featuring an original Sookie Stackhouse story. Nighttime is the perfect time for the perfect crime—especially in the realm of the paranormal. Featuring fascinating, frightening, and sometimes funny stories by Mystery Writers of America including Carolyn Hart, Barbara D'Amato, Margart Maron, Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane, and Elaine Viets, Crimes by Moonlight is your portal to the dark side and all its wonders.
Romance is about to get a little hairy.Sophie Garou seems to have it all: a great job at a prestigious accounting firm, a closet that rivals a Nordstrom showroom, and a terrific boyfriend who isn’t afraid to use the “M” word. There’s just one little itty-bitty problem: Sophie is a werewolf–and her time of month has a whole new meaning.Needless to say, life among yummy flesh-and-blood humans is no piece of steak . . . er, cake!, but regular doses of wolfsbane tea and a mother who runs a magic shop have helped Sophie keep her paranormal pedigree under wraps. Still, when a sexy, golden-eyed werewolf prowls into town, Sophie finds herself struggling to keep her animal impulses in check–not to mention trying to keep things on track with her super hot (and super human) lawyer boyfriend. What’s more, someone is threatening to expose Sophie for what she really is. And when her mother is accused of selling a poison-laced potion, Sophie must sniff out a culprit before the fur hits the fan.
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. Introduction - Dana Stabenow Cold Spell - Donna Andrews The Nightside, Needless to Say- Simon R. Green Lovely - John Straley The Price - Anne Bishop Fairy Dust - Charlaine Harris The Judgement - Anne Perry The Sorcerer's Assassin - Sharon Shinn The Boy Who Chased Seagulls - Michael Armstrong Palimpsest - Laura Anne Gilman The Death of Clickclickwhistle - Mike DOogan Cairene Dawn - Jay Caselberg Justice is a Two-edged Sword - Dana Stabenow About the Authors
Lawrenceton, Georgia, may be a growing suburb of Atlanta, but it's still a small town at heart. Librarian Aurora "Roe" Teagarden grew up there and knows more than enough about her fellow townsfolk, including which ones share her interest in the darker side of human nature. With those fellow crime buffs, Roe belongs to a club called Real Murders, which meets once a month to analyze famous cases. It's a harmless pastime - until the night she finds a member dead, killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss. And as other brutal "copycat" killings follow, Roe will have to uncover the person behind the terrifying game, one that casts all the members of Real Murders, herself included, as prime suspects - potential victims...
Going to two weddings—one of a former lover—and a funeral for a member of her disbanded crime study club keeps Aurora “Roe” Teagarden quite busy for a few months. Unfortunately, her personal life seems to be at a standstill—until her fortunes unexpectedly change. After the funeral, Roe learns that Jane Engle, the deceased, has named her as heir to a rather substantial estate, which includes money, jewelry, and a house complete with a skull hidden in a window seat. Knowing Jane, Roe concludes that the elderly woman has purposely left her a murder to solve. So she must identify the victim and figure out which one of Jane’s ordinary-seeming neighbors is a murderer—without putting herself in deadly danger...
Calexa Rose Dunhill was just fourteen when she woke in a cemetery. Bruised, bloody and left for dead, with no memory of her previous life, she took a new name from the headstones that surrounded her. Now, three years on, Calexa still lives in Dunhill Cemetery, struggling with the desire to know her true identity - and the all-consuming fear of what she might discover when she does. Then, when she witnesses a gang of teenagers staging a stunt that goes horribly, fatally wrong, Calexa Rose Dunhill discovers she has a unique ability. One she cannot control...
Now best known for her New York Times-bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels, Charlaine Harris garnered an unusual degree of acclaim with her first novel -- the story of a murder that embroils a small-town reporter in a mystery that hits close to home.Catherine Linton came home to Lowfield, Mississippi convinced that the untimely deaths of her parents in a car accident was no accident -- but nobody believed her. So she stayed, taking a job at the local paper, to try to both convince the sheriff that she was right-and maybe convince herself she was wrong. After all, her father had been the town doctor, loved (she always thought) by all. To think he was killed was to think that one of her friends or neighbors has harbored some deep resentment toward him. Then she finds the dead body of the women who had been her father's nurse for many years. Obviously murdered. Now Catherine knows that she was not wrong about her parent's death. Someone in Lowfield has a terrible secret, a secret worth killing for. Not once, not twice, but -- when another body is found -- three times. And the killer won't hesitate to add more victims to the list, as Catherine gets closer and closer to the truth.
Muerto hasta el anochecer. Vivir y morir en Dallas. El Club de los Muertos. Muerto para el mundo. Mas muerto que nunca
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La serie "True Blood" de Charlaine Harris se desarrolla en un mundo donde los vampiros han salido a la luz, coexistiendo con los humanos gracias a la invención de una sangre sintética que les permite alimentarse sin matar. La historia sigue a Sookie Stackhouse, una camarera con la habilidad de leer mentes, que se ve envuelta en un universo de criaturas sobrenaturales, intrigas y conflictos. A medida que Sookie se relaciona con diferentes seres, incluidos vampiros, hombres lobo y hadas, se enfrenta a desafíos que ponen a prueba su moralidad y su capacidad para amar.
Los temas centrales incluyen la aceptación, la identidad y la lucha entre el bien y el mal, así como las complejidades de las relaciones interpersonales en un entorno cargado de tensiones sociales. Los personajes principales, como el vampiro Bill Compton y el licántropo Alcide Herveaux, aportan diferentes perspectivas sobre la coexistencia entre especies, mientras que Sookie representa la humanidad y la empatía en un mundo a menudo violento.
La serie explora la dualidad de lo humano y lo sobrenatural, ofreciendo una narrativa rica en acción, romance y misterio, lo que permite a los lectores sumergirse en un universo donde las líneas entre lo real y lo fantástico se desdibujan.