Dead Reckoning - Ausgezeichnet: Hugo Award, 2019

Es ist Frühling in Bon Temps, und er bringt für Sookie Stackhouse, die gedankenlesende Kellnerin, einige Enthüllungen, die ihr Leben ziemlich auf den Kopf stellen werden ... Wieder einmal scheint Sookie Probleme geradezu magisch anzuziehen. Diesmal wird sie Zeugin, als eine Brandbombe auf Sam Merlottes Bar geworfen wird. Alles deutet auf einen Überzeugungstäter hin, der es auf Gestaltwandler abgesehen hat. Doch Sookie glaubt nicht recht an diese einfache Lösung. Gemeinsam mit Sam versucht sie, den wahren Schuldigen zu finden. Außerdem lässt sie sich unvorsichtigerweise in die komplizierten Pläne der Vampire Eric und Pam hineinziehen, die sich ihres Meisters entledigen wollen. Kurz: Sookie lebt gefährlich wie eh und je!

Kurzbeschreibung:

After witnessing the firebombing of the bar where she works, clairvoyant Sookie Stackhouse has her attention diverted when she realizes her vampire lover, Eric Northman, and his child, Pam, are plotting to kill the vampire who is now their master.

Klappentext:

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...

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Praise for #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris s Sookie Stackhouse novels

It s the kind of book you look forward to reading before you go to bed, thinking you re only going to read one chapter, and then you end up reading seven. Alan Ball, executive producer of True Blood

Vivid, subtle, and funny in her portrayal of southern life. Entertainment Weekly

Charlaine Harris has vividly imagined telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse and her small-town Louisiana milieu, where humans, vampires, shapeshifters, and other sentient critters live...Her mash-up of genres is delightful, taking elements from mysteries, horror stories, and romances. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The series continues to be inventive and funny with an engaging, smart, and sexy heroine. The Denver Post

Blending action, romance, and comedy, Harris has created a fully functioning world so very close to our own, except, of course, for the vamps and other supernatural creatures. The Toronto Star