Deadlocked - A Sookie Stackhouse Novel

Zusatztext 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 Informationen zum Autor Charlaine Harris is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series and the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series. Her books have inspired HBO’s True Blood , NBC’s Midnight, Texas , and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. She has lived in the South her entire life. Klappentext In the penultimate novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series-the inspiration for the HBO® original series True Blood-Sookie Stackhouse must work with her first love to clear her current undead flame of murder... Felipe de Castro! the vampire King of Louisiana (and Arkansas and Nevada)! is in town. It's the worst possible time for a human body to show up in Eric Northman's front yard-especially the body of a woman whose blood he just drank. Now it's up to Sookie and Bill Compton! the official Area Five investigator! to solve the murder. Sookie thinks that! at least this time! the dead girl's fate has nothing to do with her. But she is wrong. She has an enemy! one far more devious than she would ever suspect! who has set out to make Sookie's world come crashing down. "Suspenseful...Worlds collide, setting up the perfect stage for Charlaine Harris's final words and her ultimate plans for the future of dear Sookie."--"New York Journal of Books" "Plenty of southern wit, humor and no small amount of grace on Sookie's part...Harris has a few more surprises up her sleeve."--"Monsters and Critics" "As loyalties realign and betrayals are unmasked, Harris ably sets the stage for the ensemble's last hurrah."--"Publishers Weekly" "Vampire politics and nefarious plots run amok...Harris has taken both Sookie and readers on an unforgettable ride with biting humor, treachery, and blood-soaked violence. "Deadlocked "features all the elements that have made this series such a pleasure. Get ready to roll!"--"RT Book Reviews" Chapter Two Fairies. Never simple. My grandmother, Adele, would definitely have agreed. She’d had a long affair with Dermot’s fraternal twin Fintan, and my aunt Linda and my father Corbett (both dead for years, now) had been the results. “Maybe it’s time for some plain speaking,” I said, trying to look confident. “Niall, maybe you could tell us why you’re pretending Dermot isn’t standing right here. And why you put that crazy spell on him.” Dr. Phil to the fae –– that was me. Or not. Niall gave me his most lordly look. “This one defied me,” he said, tilting his head at his son. Dermot bowed his head. I didn’t know if he was keeping his eyes down so he wouldn’t provoke Niall, or if he was concealing rage, or if he just couldn’t think of where to begin. Being related to Niall, even at two removes, w...

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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

Product details

• Authors: Charlaine Harris
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.03.2013
• EAN: 9780425256381
• ISBN: 978-0-425-25638-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 172 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Ace Books; Sookie Stackhouse - TrueBlood; Sookie Stackhouse - True Blood; Sookie Stackhouse - TrueBlood; Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy