London: Gollancz. Very Good-. 2009. Reprint; Seventh Printing. Paperback. Light reading creases and some shelf wear with small split to base rear edge of spine, sticker ghost to rear cover barcode. ; Seventh printing of Gollancz paperback edition, 2009. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design by Nick Castle with photos courtesy of Sorted and Arcangel. ; The Southern Vampire Mysteries; Vol. 5; 304 pages; Sookie Stackhouse enjoys her life, mostly. She's a great cocktail waitress in a fun bar; she has a love life, albeit a bit complicated, and most people have come to terms with her telepathy. The problem is, Sookie wants a quiet life - but things just seem to happen to her and her friends. Now her brother Jason is about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. She can deal with that, but her normal sisterly concern turns to cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local shapeshifter population. She's afraid not just because Jason's at risk, but because his new were-brethren suspect that Jason himself may be the shooter. Sookie has until the next full moon to find out who's behind the attacks - unless the killer decides to find her first. .

Synopsis

When Sookie's brother Jason's eyes start to change, she knows he's about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. But her concern becomes cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local changeling population-and Jason's new panther brethren suspect he may be the shooter. Now, Sookie has until the next full moon to find out who's behind the attacks, unless the killer decides to find her first.

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On Feb 29 2016, CloggieDownunder said:

Dead as a Doornail is the fifth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series by popular American author, Charlaine Harris. As a newly-minted shifter, Sookie's brother Jason is causing her concern: first she worries about how he is coping with his involuntary were-panther state; then, when it seems that someone is out there shooting shifters (already three shot in a few days), she worries for his safety, both from the shooter, and from those shifters who suspect Jason himself.

Life is never dull in Bon Temps: Sookie has had to beg help from Eric (in the form of a bartender/bouncer) when her boss Sam is incapacitated; Private Investigators are nosing around, inquiring about the whereabouts of a shifter whose body Sookie is certain won't be found; Sookie attends the funeral of the Shreveport Packmaster and finds herself an integral part of the ritual that decides his replacement; someone decides to set fire to Sookie's house with her in it; and she finds that returning books to the library can be more dangerous than she ever imagined.

In this instalment, Sookie finds herself being kissed by, or otherwise intimate, with no less than six men, while there are three people trying to kill her. All the usual characters make appearances, a few new ones appear, with Harris even bringing in a couple from her Lily Bard series (Jack Leeds and Lily Bard Leeds) and the reader learns a bit more about the Sookieverse. Several climaxes and plenty of laughs in this instalment.

4.5 stars

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Bookseller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 36498
Title: Dead As A Doornail
Author: Harris, Charlaine
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good-
Edition: Reprint; Seventh Printing
ISBN 10: 0575091053
ISBN 13: 9780575091054
Publisher: Gollancz
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2009
Keywords: HORROR, Fantastic Fiction, Gothic, Vampires

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