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Sookie Stackhouse, barmaid extraordinaire in Bon Temps, Louisiana, is a telepath which is why Bill Compton, the vampire, is her first boyfriend. She can't read his mind. But things aren't going as planned. Bill is being cold and distant lately. He tells her he is doing a secret job for the (Vampire) Queen of Louisiana and must go out of town, to Seattle, for several weeks. But if something goes wrong, Bill tells her that his computer and backup disks will be in a special hidey-hole that she knows about and to protect them. Eric, Bill's ostensible immediate supervisor sends Bubba to guard Sookie. Bubba is a mistake and is usually kept hidden, but Sookie needs a bodyguard and Bubba, who looks just as he did the night he died of too many peanut butter and bacon sandwiches, is the only one around. He may be a little slow, but he does obey orders. Bubba kills a man who he thought had been stalking Sookie. Eric finally tells Sookie what is going on. A female vampire who has a hold over Bill is back in town. Bill may have fallen under her spell again, but Bill's coffin has vanished en route to wherever he was going. Eric is sure that he is in Jackson, Mississippi, and sends Sookie off to Mississippi with a werewolf, Alcide Herveaux. They go to Josephine's, better known as CLUB DEAD, where Sookie, using her telepathic powers, learns where Bill is being held prisoner. DEAD UNTIL DARK and LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS, the first two books in the Sookie Stackhouse series, should probably be read before CLUB DEAD, but it really isn't necessary. You can read this first and then go back and read the first two in the series. Harris really doesn't write Southern cozies. She has a wicked sense of humor and a sharp eye for characterization.
Reviewed by Barbara Franchi, April 2003
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