==Synopsis of the book:== Anita Blake is an unusual lady. She works as Animator and this entails raising the dead for money. However when she and her boss are approached to raise a corpse that is nearly 300 years old she flatly refuses. This is because to raise what would be a Zombie that has been dead for so long would involve a human sacrifice and no amount of money would makes this acceptable to Anita. While she is happy to sacrifice chickens or even a goat killing an innocent human she cannot and will not do no matter what the reward is. Meanwhile her expertise is called upon by the Police Department. When she arrives on the murder scene ...  Read the complete review

The Laughing Corpse is a book by Laurell K Hamilton. I got my copy from Amazon for just under £5, which I guess is reasonable. I think I've gotten a bit too accustomed to buying them cheaply from the Book People of late. In fairness, the RRP is £7.99 and that's what they retail for instore at our local WH Smiths, so I can't really complain to have paid the price I did. This book is the second in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series. Now don't be put off into thinking "oh no, not another vampire series" until you've read on just a little. The Anita Blake series is more than just about vampires, as Anita herself is actually an Animator - a person ...  Read the complete review