Charlaine Harris Schulz Knihy

Sookie Stackhouseová zjišťuje, že její smůla ji neopouští, spíš naopak. Bill odjel do Peru a zčista jasna se objevil jeho šéf Eric, kterého našla Sookie polonahého, zmateného a ustrašeného. Také bratr Jason zmizí, ve městě je sabat čarodějnic - Sookie nezbývá, než se dopátrat, co se vlastně děje. A její pátrání ponechá čtenáře v napětí až do konce.

Lily Bardová považuje ospalé arkansaské městečko Shakespeare za dokonalé útočiště, kam se může uchýlit po zkušenosti s násilím, která jí před několika lety málem zničila život. Je už zase silná a sebejistá, zabývá se bojovým uměním, a maskuje svůj vzhled účesem z krátkých vlasů a ležérním oblečením. Živí se jako uklízečka. Nějakou dobu jde všechno hladce a nikdo si jí nevšímá – jenže pak se připlete k vraždě. To, co Lily Bardová v tu tmavou noc uviděla, ji zbavilo anonymity a přitáhlo k ní nežádoucí pozornost nejen detektiva z oddělení vražd, ale mnoha dalších podezřívavých spoluobčanů. Když o ni projeví vášnivý zájem nesmírně zajímavý, ale ženatý instruktor karate, začínají se Lilyiny plány na spořádaný poklidný život pomalu hroutit. Po oběti, majiteli místního činžovního domu, nikdo netruchlí, ale Lily nedá spát vědomí toho, že vrah zůstává nablízku. O sousedech toho ví hodně – při uklízení v jejich domech a bytech narazí na ledajakou špínu z jejich soukromí. A postupně shledává, že se k ní ve stínu brutální vraždy znovu vrací život...

Odvážné servírce Sookii Stackhouseové tentokrát dělá starost její bratr. Jak se znenadání začínají jeho oči měnit, uvědomuje si, že se Jason poprvé převtěluje v pantera. To samo by v kamarádce upírů velké obavy nevzbudilo, ale v okolí začne neznámý odstřelovač nebezpečně ohrožovat sousedy a zdá se, že s tím má Jason cosi společného. A tak Sookii nezbývá, než do příštího úplňku zjistit, kdo je za tyto útoky zodpovědný. Pokud si ji ovšem střelec nenajde dříve.

Sookie Stackhouseová je servírkou v malém louisianském městečku. Ač je to hezká žena, působí tiše a uzavřeně. Má jednu zvláštní vlastnost, která může být ve styku s druhým pohlavím nepohodlná - dokáže totiž číst, co si kdo myslí. Jednou potkává muže svých snů. Je to vysoký a hezký Bill, jehož myšlenky zůstávají utajeny i Sookii. Ta ale netuší, že je to upír s pošramocenou pověstí, který se stýká s podivnými existencemi. Jejich představy o morálce jsou dost svérázné. Když pak jsou stojaté vody maloměstečka zčeřeny několika nepochopitelnými vraždami, ocitá se Bill mezi podezřelými. Ve chvíli, kdy je zabita její kolegyně, začíná se o svůj život obávat i Sookie. Kniha získala v roce 2001 cenu Anthony Award za nejlepší detektivní román.

Lidé v Bon Temps, s výjimkou Sookie Stackhouseové, toho mnoho o upírech nevědí. A vůbec nic nevědí o vlkodlacích. Aspoň dosud. Avšak nadpřirozené bytosti se rozhodly odhalit obyčejnému světu svou existenci. Všechno klape až do chvíle, kdy je jedna z nich nalezena zmučená blízko baru, v němž Sookie pracuje. Sookie má obavy, že místní lidé nejsou až tak tolerantní, a rozhodne se vraha odhalit, ať má jakoukoli podobu. Při svém pátrání však zjišťuje, že odjinud hrozí daleko větší nebezpečí, a že v nadcházející válce bude asi jen bezvýznamným pěšákem.

The Golden Globe award-winning series, now showing on FX, the channel that brought us DEXTER.

Harper Connellyová a Tolliver Lang přijíždějí do Doraville v Severní Karolíně, kde mají pátrat po ztraceném dospívajícím chlapci. Po příjezdu zjišťují, že hoch je je jedním z řady mladých lidí, kteří se záhadně ztratili během posledních pěti let. Přitom žádných z nich neměl důvod utéct z domova. Harper je mladá žena, která dokáže objevovat mrtvá těla. Tuto schopnost v sobě objevila v patnácti letech, po zásahu bleskem a nyní jezdí se svým nevlastním bratrem Tolliverem po celé zemi a řeší zdánlivě beznadějné případy. Uspěje i v Doraville a objeví osm teenagerů pohřbených ve zledovatělé zemi. Všechny potkal konec, z něhož jde mráz po zádech. Harper by nejraději okamžitě odjela z městečka, než se tam sjedou novináři, ale stane se obětí nečekaného útoku a nedobrovolně se musí účastnit vyšetřování. Přitom se dozví řadu temných, léta pohřbených tajemství, jimiž je Dorville obestřené, a stává se z ní další pravděpodobná oběť, která může spočinout v mrazivém hrobě...

Protože má Sookie Stackouseová tak málo příbuzných, vůbec se jí nelíbí, že přišla o další - o svou sestřenici Hadley, družku královny luisianských upírů. Hadley zanechala Sookie všechen svůj majetek, když před pár týdny nečekaně skonala, i když vlastně byla již dlouho neživá. Ale vymáhat dědictví se zdá být značně riskantní. Jsou totiž tací, kteří by neradi viděli, kdyby se Sookie seznámila s Hadleyinou minulostí, a i s jejím majetkem, příliš důkladně. A jsou připraveni použít všech dostupných prostředků, aby jí v tom zabránili. A ať je to kdokoli, jsou určitě nebezpeční, a Sookin život je opět v ohrožení.

Sookie je pro své mimořádné schopnosti přizvána na vrcholný sněm upírů, aby pomohla při soudu s královnou louisianských upírů, která je obviněna z vraždy. Sookie ví, že je královna nevinná, ale situace se komplikuje dalšími násilnostmi, a Sookin detektivní um je postaven před největší zkoušku..

Harper Connellyová jezdí po celých Spojených státech s Tolliverem, svým nevlastním bratrem a asistentem v jedné osobě, a využívá svou nevšední schopnost, která se u ní projevila po zásahu bleskem - odhaluje místa posledního odpočinku pohřešovaných lidí. Tentokrát však oba práci nakrátko přeruší, aby mohli navštívit v Texasu dvě dívenky, které považují za své sestry. Cesta obou mladých lidí je však poznamenaná přízraky minulosti a vzpomínkami na děsivé dětství. Tolliver zjistí, že se jeho otec po propuštění z vězení snaží spojit s ostatními členy rodiny. On sám o setkání s mužem, který mu zničil celé mládí nestojí, ale nebude mít na vybranou. A Harper po dlouhých letech konečně zjistí, co se stalo s její pohřešovanou sestrou Cameron. Toto poznání, až dosud zahalené děsivým tajemstvím, už navždycky změní její život.

Sookie Stackhouseová se po válce víl, ve které utrpěla vážná zranění a ztratila své blízké přátele, cítí nešťastná a kypí v ní zlost. Jediným světlým bodem v jejím životě je láska k upírovi Ericu Northmanovi. T

Dans une région dévastée apres le passage de l'ouragan Katrina, Sookie a fort a faire pour aider les communautés humaine et vampire a se reconstruire. Si la jeune serveuse est saine et sauve, elle n'en est pas moins préoccupée : les temps changent pour les vampires et les lycanthropes, de nouveaux dangers s'annoncent et Quinn, son petit ami et sublime tigre-garou a disparu !

Sookie Stackhouseová našla po boku svého upíra Billa jen krátké štěstí. Bill je unesen a držen v zajetí. Sookie musí vynaložit všechny své mimořádné schopnosti i známosti, které si vytvořila v podsvětí, aby Billa vypátrala a osvobodila ze smrtelných stříbrných řetězů. Ale nakonec si vůbec není jistá, zda chce Billa ještě zpátky........

Sookie Stackhouseová, servírka nadaná schopností číst myšlenky ostatních smrtelníků, proniká do světa upírů, vlkodlaků, měňavců, víl a dalších nadpřirozených bytostí. Nachází mezi nimi přátele, ale zároveň zabředává do smrtelně nebezpečných situací. Její dobrodružství jsou tématem celé série románů Charlaine Harrisové. Kniha povídek Dotek mrtvých obohacuje Sookiina dobrodružství o několik dalších pozoruhodných událostí, které se v předcházejících knihách neobjevily vůbec, nebo jen náznakem: například o tajupnou smrt Sookiiny příbuzné - víly Claudette, o večírek na počest knížete Draculy v upířím baru Transfusia nebo o den, kdy se mladá telepatka dozvěděla o smrti své sestřenice Hadley, která úplně zpřetrhala styky se svou rodinou, stala se milenkou upíří královny Sophie-Ane a zařadila se mezi nemrtvé. Nejedná se o 12. díl, nepatří do hlavní série

Po katastrofě způsobené hurikánem Katrina a neméně strašném atentátu na shromáždění upírů se Sookie cítí sice v bezpečí, ale poněkud zmatená. Touží jen po tom, aby se věci vrátili do starých kolejí. Avšak její přítel Quinn je mezi pohřešovanými. A situace se mění, ať už si to vampíři v jejím okolí přejí, či nikoli. V neodvratné bitvě bude Sookie čelit nebezpečí a smrti – a co horšího, zradě někoho, koho má ráda. Až chladná krev přestane téci, bude její svět už navždy jiný.

Harper Connellyová je dívka nadaná zvláštní schopností odhalovat místa, kde spočívají těla mrtvých osob, a určovat, jakým způsobem zemřeli. Neumí však určit, kdo zavinil jejich smrt. Na starém hřbitově v Memphisu vycítí tělo, které leží v nesprávném hrobě. Postupně vyjde najevo, že jde o ostatky oběti únosu - dvanáctileté pohřešované dívky Tabithy Morgensternové, kterou se Harper neúspěšně snažila najít už o dva roky dříve v Nashvillu. Policie usoudí, že Harper a její nevlastní bratr Tolliver, který je sestřiným spolupracovníkem a zároveň osobním strážcem, jsou do zločinu nějak zapleteni. Ve snaze očistit své jméno se oba mladí lidé pouštějí do pátrání po skutečném vrahovi na vlastní pěst.

Harper Connelyová bývala docela obyčejná dívka. V patnácti letech však po náhlém zásahu bleskem během bouřky získala nevšední schopnost – dokáže objevovat mrtvé a určovat, jak vypadaly poslední chvíle jejich života. Její nečekaně nabytý „dar“ ji zavede do malého městečka v Arkansasu, kde se v doprovodu nevlastního bratra Tollivera snaží odhalit okolnosti úmrtí jednoho místního děvčete. Přímo na místě Harper dochází k poznání, že dívčinu smrt obestírá tajemství, které se kdosi snaží uchránit za každou cenu – třeba i za cenu vraždy. Harper se ale nevzdává a je odhodlaná odpor a strach místních lidí zlomit.

Moi, Sookie, 26 ans, je suis toujours serveuse Chez Merlotte et, a mon grand désespoir, a nouveau célibataire. Non contente d'etre aux prises avec des mutants - dont mon frere Jason ! -, me voila confrontée a un tueur de mutants ! Et j'ai jusqu'a la prochaine lune pour trouver le vrai coupable... Alors qu'un sniper bien décidé a éliminer les non-humains fait régner la terreur dans la petite ville sudiste de Sookie Stackhouse, elle est appelée a l'aide par le séduisant Alcide... et se retrouve plongée au coeur d'imbroglios politiques, melant vampires, loup-garous et autres créatures ! Et ses sentiments aussi sont mis a rude épreuve, avec le beau vampire-pirate qui a investi son bar...

Sookie Stockhouseovou pronásleduje v poslední době smůla. Její kolegyni z baru někdo zavraždil a vypadá to, jako by to nikoho jiného nevzrušovalo. Hned nato ji přepadne nějaká bestie a otráví ji........... Sookie se vydává do Dallasu, aby s pomocí svých telepatických schopností vyhledala pohřešovaného upíra. Klade si jedinou podmínku, že se upíři budou držet na uzdě a žádný člověk nedojde úhony. To se však snadno slíbí, ale špatně plní. A když dojde k malé chybičce v plánu, vše se náhle zvrtne........

La petite ville de Bon Temps a retrouvé un semblant de calme. La jeune télépathe Sookie Stackhouse partage son temps entre le bar ou elle travaille et son bien-aimé vampire, Bill Compton. Mais lorsqu'on s'en prend a elle, elle n'a d'autre choix que de pactiser avec la communauté vampire, et part mener l'enquete a Dallas sur la disparition d'un des leurs, au péril de sa vie !

Sookie Stackhouseová je nadaná telepatickými schopnostmi, které jí od dětství komplikovaly život. A jako dospělá si stále častěji uvědomuje, že jisté věci by nejraději vůbec neviděla – například svého přítele Erica ve společnosti jiné ženy. Mladší. Musí však mlčet, protože do Lousiany přijíždí upíří král Felipe de Castro, který vládne i Arkansasu a Nevadě. A právě v tuto nejméně vhodnou dobu se na Ericově pozemku objeví lidské tělo, které navíc patří ženě, jejíž krev předtím pil. Řešení vraždy spočívá v rukou Sookie a jejího bývalého přítele Billa, oficiálního vyšetřovatele upířího pátého okrsku. Sookie brzy zjistí, že proti ní stojí mnohem nebezpečnější nepřítel, než očekávala – nepřítel, který si umínil, že zničí celý její svět.

Se svým talentem pro vyhledávání potíží se Sookie nutně musí stát svědkem bombového útoku na bar U Merlotta, v němž pracuje. O Samovi Merlottovi je známo, že je dvojí povahy, a proto podezření z útoku okamžitě padne na protivníky měňavců. Sookie má jiné podezření, ale její pozornost je upřena na Erica, který plánuje s pomocí svého „dítěte“ Pam zabít vampíra, který je nyní jejich pánem. A tak místo aby se věnovala vyšetřování, je postupně stále hlouběji zatažena do tohoto spiknutí, které se ukáže být daleko komplikovanějším, než se původně zdálo.

Sookie Stackhouseová se ocitne v ohrožení života, potom co odmítne znovu přijmout svou bývalou kamarádku a kolegyni Arlene jako servírku do baru U Merlotta, který teď vlastní společně se svým kamarádem Samem. Krušné chvíle zažívá také ve vztahu se svým přítelem Ericem Northmanem, protože on i jeho upíří přátelé si od ní zachovávají podivný odstup. Když se Sookie dozví důvod tohoto odcizení, je naprosto zoufalá a neví, co si počít. Její potíže vyvrcholí ve chvíli, kdy v jejím rodném městečku Bon Temps dojde k vraždě a policie ji zatkne jako pachatelku zločinu. Důkazy proti ní jsou však nedostatečné a Sookie je propuštěna na kauci. Když se pak pustí do vyšetřování zločinu na vlastní pěst, dojde k poznání, že to, co se v Bon Temps vydává za pravdu, je jen pohodlná lež, že snaha dobrat se spravedlnosti pouze plodí další krev a že cit, který se tváří jako láska, není dost silný....

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.

No. 4 in this must-have mystery series from the bestselling author behind TRUE BLOOD.

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.

"An incisive portrayal of the new Black politics."--Inside jacket.

The next thrilling novel in Charlaine Harris's unputdownable Gunnie Rose series - a family drama of murderous and magical thrills.

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 ...

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.

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.

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

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.

Caught up in the politics of the vampire world, psychic Sookie Stackhouse learns that she is as much of a pawn as any ordinary human in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series—the inspiration for the HBO® original series True Blood. 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...

The fifth Lily Bard novel from the bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series.

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.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with the second thrilling instalment in her Gunnie Rose series . . .

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.

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.

After Hurricane Katrina and the manmade explosion at the vampire summit in New Orleans, Sookie Stackhouse faces danger, death, and, once again, betrayal by someone she loves.

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.

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...

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.

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...

A fantastic new anthology of tales told in the Sookie Stackhouse universe, to unite all fans of paranormal romance everywhere!

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.