検索キーワード： 著者 "Charlaine Harris" すべてのカテゴリー

Sookie har en uforbederlig evne til at befinde sig midt i alverdens farlige situationer, og hun er derfor også vidne til nedbrændingen af Merlotte's, hvor hun arbejder som servitrice. Da Sam Merlotte er kendt for at være en hamskifter, falder mistanken straks på anti-skifterne i området. Sookie har andre teorier, men hendes opmærksomhed bliver afledt, da hun finder ud af, at hendes elsker, Eric, og hans "barn" planlægger at slå deres vampyrleder ihjel.

Sookie Stackhouse er vokset op med telepatiske evner og har fra en tidlig alder lært, at der er ting, hun ville ønske, hun ikke vidste. Men der er også ting, hun ville ønske, hun ikke havde set - for eksempel Eric Northman drikke fra en ung kvindes hals. Da Felipe de Castro, Louisianas vampyrkonge, er i byen, holder Sookie tæt om det, hun har set. Men det er højst uheldig, at der under hans besøg dukker et lig af en ung kvinde op i Erics forhave.

Det overnaturlige samfund i Bon Temps, Louisiana, er så småt ved at komme sig oven på to katastrofer: Først orkanen Katrinas hærgen og så en voldsom eksplosion på det hotel, hvor et stort vampyrtopmøde blev afholdt. Sookie Stackhouse overlevede med nød og næppe og er tilbage på vampyrbaren Merlotte's, hvor hun langer årgangsblod over disken. Men alt er ikke, som det plejer, for flere vampyrer blev dræbt eller såret i attentatet, og hendes hamskifterkæreste Quinn er blandt de savnede.

Byen Bon Temps i Louisiana står til at blive rystet af chokerende nyt fra den overnaturlige verden: Lige som vampyrerne gjorde det før dem, er varskabningerne - mennesker med evnen til at transformere sig om til dyr - nu klar til at afsløre dem selv for resten af verden. Sookie Stackhouse, der er bartender og kan høre de levende menneskers tanker, er bekymret over afsløringen, og det har hun god grund til, når man tænker på, hvordan indbyggerne i den lille by foragter alle med overnaturlige evner, inklusiv Sookie.

Sookie Stackhouse er 25 år og servitrice i en af sydstaterne. Der er en ting, som adskiller hende fra de andre unge i byen - hun kan læse menneskers tanker. Og kun de levende menneskers tanker. Da en "ung" vampyr en dag kommer ind og bestiller et glas blod, er det en stor lettelse for hende, at der endelig er et menneske, hvis tanker hun ikke kan høre. Hun bliver forelsket i vampyren Bill.

Den korte, men voldsomme Fekrig har krævet mange ofre, og Sookie Stackhouse har blandt andet mistet sin fe-kusine Claudine. Midt i elendigheden er Sookies eneste lyspunkt kærligheden til vampyren Eric Northmann. Men den nye vampyrkonge er mistænksom og holder ekstra øje med parret. På den politiske scene bliver hamskifternes bemyndigelse truet, og stemningen blandt varulvefolket bliver mere og mere hadsk.

Nytårsnat kører Sookie hjem fra arbejde og ser en nøgen mand løbe langs vejen i mørket og kulden. Det viser sig, at den stakkels mand ikke har det fjerneste begreb om, hvem han er. Men det har Sookie til gengæld. Den nøgne mand er vampyren Eric Northman. Og han er langt fra sit gamle jeg. Eric er venlig, blid - og meget bange; den som fjernede hans hukommelse, er nu ude efter hans liv.

Sookie har vænnet sig til at være omgivet af forskellige typer af udøde, changeling, shapeshifting og andre overnaturlige væsener, men selv hun har sine begrænsninger. Selv om hun har brug for at komme sig oven på hendes store vampyrkærlighed, Bill, som forrådte hende, og vænne sig til hendes nye kæreste, den sexede shapeshifter Quinn, deltager hun i en længe planlagt vampyrtopmøde.

Sookie og Sam har svært ved at koncentrere sig om arbejdet på Merlotte's efter de seneste voldsomme begivenheder, og indtjeningen i baren lider under det. Sookie afviser dog med det samme Arlene, da hun beder om at få sit gamle job som bartender tilbage. Det var trods alt hende, der forsøgte at få Sookie dræbt. Men så bliver Arlene fundet myrdet, og mistanken falder straks på Sookie, som bliver anholdt. Beviserne mod hende er dog ikke stærke nok, og hun kan løslades mod kaution. Med hjælp fra sine venner, både de dødelige og ikke-dødelige, beslutter hun sig for at lave sin egen efterforskning og rense sit navn. Hun finder snart ud af, at for nogen er sandheden bare en hvid løgn og retfærdighed lig med spildt blod. Og kærlighed er aldrig bare nok...

"Til døden os skiller" er den trettende og sidste bog i serien om Sookie Stackhouse.

Harris’s short story “Small Kingdoms”, one of Harris’s best-selling short stories, was originally published in the November 2013 issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and then was included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2014. The other stories in this collection are "Sarah Smiles", "Small Chances", and "Small Signs." NBC will produce a new series called Redliners, based on "Small Kingdoms".

In number-one New York Times best-selling author Charlaine Harris’s "Dahlia Underground,” venerable vampire Dahlia Lynley-Chivers survives an attack by an anti-vampire terrorist group, only to show them they tried to blow up the wrong bloodsucker. Bailey Ruth Raeburn, a ghost assigned to assist humans in trouble, steps into the middle of a marital dispute with surprising twists in Carolyn Hart’s “Riding High”....

Former New York City model Nickie Callahan is looking forward to the easy life when she moves to the sleepy college town of Knolls, Tennessee. But the women of Knolls are not safe. And as Nickie gets swept up in a string of brutally violent crimes, she must take matters of justice into her own hands.

Catherine Linton has returned to her hometown of Lowfield, Mississippi, unconvinced that the death of her parents in a car crash six months earlier was an accident. And her suspicions are confirmed when she stumbles upon the dead and beaten body of her doctor-father's longtime nurse. There are secrets being kept in Lowfield. And the town where Catherine grew up may be the same place where she is sent to her grave.

Best-selling author and Sookie Stackhouse creator Charlaine Harris crafts the eighth riveting tale starring Aurora "Roe" Teagarden. Roe's stepsister-in-law Poppy has achieved social distinction - she's been elected into the Uppity Women Book Club. Unfortunately, membership has its deadly consequences.

Welcome to the most intriguing mystery you'll read this year. Welcome to Midnight, Texas. From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels - 'the Mark Twain of things that live under your bed' - comes a new novel of Midnight, Texas, the town where some secrets will never see the light of day.... At Midnight's local pawnshop, weapons are flying off the shelves - only to be used in sudden and dramatic suicides right at the main crossroads in town.

In this second thrilling instalment of the Gunnie Rose series, Lizbeth Rose is hired onto a new crew for a seemingly easy protection job, transporting a crate into Dixie, just about the last part of the former United States of America she wants to visit. But what seemed like a straight-forward job turns into a massacre as the crate is stolen. Up against a wall in Dixie, where social norms have stepped back into the last century, Lizbeth has to go undercover with an old friend to retrieve the crate as what's inside can spark a rebellion, if she can get it back in time.

The Dark Tower meets True Blood in this gritty and wildly entertaining tale of Gunnie Rose, a woman fighting unimaginable odds to keep her people alive after the disintegration of America. This is a surefire hit for fans of The Walking Dead or Westworld.

The town of Midnight sits on a veil between the living and hell and this supernatural thriller takes a journey into that remote Texas town where nothing is what it seems. There is no such thing as bad publicity, except in Midnight, where the residents like to keep to themselves. When psychic Manfred Bernardo finds himself embroiled in a scandal and hounded by the press after one of his regular clients dies during a reading, he turns to enigmatic, beautiful, and dangerous Olivia Charity for help.

They call her the Ghost of Dunhill Cemetery, but most people think “the Cemetery Girl” is just a story. In some ways, that’s true. Her chosen name is Calexa Rose Dunhill, but she doesn’t know her real name. When she first arrived here, all she knew was that someone had tried to murder her, dumped her body, and left her for dead. Calexa has been hiding out, afraid to seek out her true identity in fear that her would-be murderer would find her and finish the job. And someone is searching for her...a man who holds the key that will unlock the secrets of Calexa’s past.

She calls herself Calexa Rose Dunhill. She has been living - hiding out - in Dunhill Cemetery ever since someone left her there to die. She has no idea who wants her dead or why, but she isn't about to wait around for her would-be killer to finish the job. Despite her self-imposed isolation, Calexa’s ability to see spirits - and the memories she receives from them - guarantees she’ll never be alone, even among the deceased.