Dead Reckoning

Nach den Turbulenzen der vergangenen Monate versucht Sookie einfach wieder ein ganz normales Leben zu führen. Was man so normal nennt, wenn man telepathisch begabt ist, einen Vampir als Liebhaber hat und in Bon Temps lebt. Einer Stadt, in der eigentlich gar nichts normal ist. Und dann ist da auch noch eine Kiste mit geheimnisvollen Briefen ihrer Großmutter, die Sookie im Keller findet.

There's a reckoning on the way ...

... and Sookie has a knack for being in trouble's way; not least when she witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is known to be two-natured, suspicion immediately falls on the anti-shifters in the area. Sookie suspects otherwise, but before she can investigate something else - something even more dangerous - comes up.

Sookie's lover Eric Northman and his 'child' Pam are plotting something in secret. Whatever it is, they seem determined to keep Sookie out of it; almost as determined as Sookie is to find out what's going on. She can't sit on the sidelines when both her work and her love life under threat - but as she's gradually drawn into their plans Sookie finds the situation is deadlier than she could ever have imagined.