Product Description

Every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written-in one special volume-from the New York Times bestselling author.

New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris has re-imagined the supernatural world with her "spunky" (Tampa Tribune) Southern Vampire novels starring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Now, for the first time, here is every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written-together in one volume.

Stories include "Fairy Dust," "One Word Answer," "Dracula Night," "Lucky," and "Giftwrap."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #118 in Books
• Published on: 2009-10-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780441017836
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Charlaine Harris writes both fantasy and mystery.

Customer Reviews

A Touch of Dead...
First, let me say that I adore True Blood. It's one of my all-time favorite shows. However, I'd never read any Charlene Harris before that. Too bad for me! Wow--I really, really got into this book. I think it was the perfect introduction to this talented author. Firstly, her main character, Sookie, is just so great. She's complex and interesting and really touches the reader with her vunerabilities--which, of course, is the recipe for a great character. Bill is good too, though sometimes, he can be a little overbearing. But the show is about Sookie and so is the books. All I can say is that if you are looking for a good book to read that will introduce you into this great, new, vampire world, I don't think you can go wrong with this one. Just my opinion. I also would recommend Dead Sexy Vampire Erotica: Two Dark and Thirsty Stories.

Perfect for every Sookie fan!
This book is an excellent addition to the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series. The author Charlaine Harris had published these short stories, but in different anthology books, and this book was the best (and cheapest) way to read them all in one item.
The book starts with an introduction by Harris, who tells us about the stories. "A Touch of Dead" includes five of them: Fairy Dust, Dracula Night, One Word Answer, Lucky, and Gift Wrap. The connection of time frame of these short stories range from post-book 4 (Dead to the World) to post-book 9 (From Dead to Worst). Most of the stories are not directly tied to the Sookie series, except "One Word Answer," which is essential to new readers of the books. This is a key story that occurs right before book 6, "Definitely Dead." Just to be clear, "A Touch of Dead" does not include any other of Harris' short stories.
Each short story has an illustration, which I love. All of them were made by Lisa Desimini, who had been doing this since the first Sookie book, "Dead until Dark." They are all brand new, since the short stories did not have any drawings when previously published.
This is not a new Sookie Stackhouse serial book (the tenth one will be out in May 2010), but if you want a new item for your Sookie collection, this is a must!

It's ALMOST a must have
I say that it's ALMOST a must have because if you become involved in the stories of Sookie Stackhouse, you have to get some background. In the book, "Definitely Dead", the 6th book in the series, it talks about Sookie's cousin (who had never been mentioned until this point) being a vampire and being killed in New Orleans where Sookie met the Queen of the Vampires. Without reading the short story "One Word Answer," from the book "Bite", you'd have no idea and be kinda lost like I was/am/will be until the order comes in. There is also "Fairy Dust" from the book "Powers of Detection" that explain about Claudine and Claude and others that appear to explain the side stories of the Weres and one about Sookie, Pam and Eric called "Dracula Night."
So it looks like brilliant marketing on Charlaine Harris' part (or at least the publisher) to get you to buy more books when in fact, the stories could have possible been added to the books themselves. I'm giving 3 stars because it will explain some of the events I'm not clear on (and I can finish reading Book 6 "Definitely Dead") and only 3 stars because I think that it's BS for a writer or publisher to take advantage of their readers by pulling stunts like this. There are 10 short stories in 10 books that take place in "Sookieverse" and the ones that contain Sookie and deal with other story lines are within this one book.
In order to read all of them and not get lost along the way, you would have to spend (without searching through used book stores or waiting for sales) at LEAST $115 before tax and before the 10th book to get caught up with what's going on with and around Sookie Stackhouse.