Charlaine Harris - Dead and Gone

The Louisiana town of Bon Tempsalong with the rest of the worldis about to be rocked with some big supernatural news: like the vampires before them, the Were peoplehumans with the ability to change into animalsare about to reveal themselves to humanity. Psychic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse is apprehensive about the revelation, given the way some people in the small town revile anyone with extraordinary powers, including Sookie herself. While the initial announcement seems to go over smoothly with most people, tragedy strikes when Sookies brother Jasons estranged wife, a werepanther, is found murdered and nailed up on a cross. Jason is the prime suspect, but Sookie has even bigger problems to deal with when she learns that a vicious fairy prince is determined to kill her. Darker and more ominous than earlier entries in the series, Harris latest raises the stakes (pun intended) for lovable heroine Sookie and comes up a winner. With HBOs True Blood, a series based on Sookies adventures, renewed for a second season, expect demand for this latest gripping installment.