The Lunatic Cafe - Laurell K. Hamilton

Anita Blake, animator and vampire executioner has a date, but first there's a client to deal with in her office at Animators Inc, a desperate husband looking for his wife. 'So your wife is a lycanthrope and would lose her business if it came out.' An animator by trade, Anita isn't keen to take the job so passes it onto her best friend Ronnie Sims who's a private investigator, but is anything Anita's involved in ever that simple? No, the missing woman isn't the only werewolf to disappear, but now to the interesting part, Anita's date is waiting. 'He saw me and smiled. The smile was very bright against his ...

The first thing I have to comment on is the fact that Laurell K. Hamilton is one of the best vampire book writer ever. She makes the book come alive before your very eyes. In case you haven't read the other books in this series I'll give you some background information. First, in the USA, vapires are legal. That means they cannot be killed without a warrant and you have to be licensed to kill them. Second,Anita Blake, the main character, is a licensed vampire executioner, a prenatural expert, and a zombie raiser. And for the twist,a very powerful master vampire named Jean Claude is in love with Anita. Anita is in love with a schoolteacher named Richard, who ...