When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin City's local authorities what they're dealing with. Only it's worse than she thought. Police officers and one executioner have been slain-paranormal style.
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"Finally! Anita Blake is loosening up. Less "OH NO! What will people think of me being a real-life succubus/hussy?!" And more ass kicking, no apologies Anita, but this time it's for the men she loves. I enjoyed this. "
— Charity (4 out of 5 stars)
" A good "out of town" adventure for Anita and the crew. I love the series storyline some of the explanations are redundant but still love reading them. "
— Colleen, 2/18/2014" Love the book, love the author. Great read. But you must read the series in order or you will be totally confused. "
— Mya, 2/14/2014" I'm giving this one star, because there isn't a lower option. God, these books are bad! Why do I keep going back? I thought it might be enjoyable because I saw the first line, where Anita Blake gets sent a head in a box. And I thought, "Fun!" Right? Not so. The rest is beyond tedious. I compared and contrasted the asininity (is that a word?) of Twilight vs. Anita Blake on my LJ, but now I'm thinking they have more in common than I previously thought--both series have ENDLESS, REPETITIVE, BORING DISCUSSION about the relationships of the characters and about what's currently happening plot-wise. I use the word "plot" loosely. Gah. I at least thought there might be some hot monkey sex for fun, but no! Not till after page 300. I finished the book solely because I was taught as a child to clean my plate. On the bright side, this should teach other writers what NOT do do, yes? "
— Sandra, 2/10/2014" Super promising at the start, focusing on Anita tracking a serial killer in Las Vegas. I LOVE the police aspects of Anita and was hoping for her to kick ass. However (view spoiler)[we see no fight scenes. She has an orgy with tigers, including a 16 year old. Glad she finds it icky, 'cause I do, too. And the death of The Mother of Darkness is over in less than a chapter? Lame. All that buildup was deserving of something epic. (hide spoiler)] Still better than the previous three books in the series. "
— Nikki, 2/8/2014" While I enjoyed the return to Anita's crime-fighting roots and the step away from the overwhelming sexual content, I was very distracted by specific phrases that kept repeating throughout the almost 500 pages. Had the language just varied a tad more, I would have been even more engrossed than I was. "
— Mary, 2/1/2014" I loved most of these books but at this point there are way to many characters and to man unanswered questions. To many plots that don't get explained and way way to many relationships to keep up with "
— S.J.D., 1/27/2014" Another good one. I was a little worried when there was excerpts from another book, I was afraid it was going to be like that through the entire book, but thankfully it wasn't! "
— Billie, 1/20/2014" Rather enjoyed this one a little more than the last. "
— Lilly, 1/17/2014" Liked her earlier books much better. The tigers bored me somehow.... "
— Maria, 1/15/2014" It was interesting to me that this one seemed to have a little bit more story line then i remembered this series to have and the fact that some of the smaller characters got to play larger roles this time around. "
— Jbgreendawn, 1/9/2014" Book 17 of the Anita Blake series and it's still a great series! "
— Paris, 12/22/2013Laurell K. Hamilton is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels, as well as the Meredith Gentry series.
Kimberly Alexis is well known for her reading of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series, including The Laughing Corpse, Skin Trade, and Guilty Pleasures.