Dead as a Doornail.Dead as a Doornail door·nail n. A large-headed nail. Idiom: dead as a doornail Undoubtedly dead. Noun 1. Charlaine Harris Charlaine Harris (born November 25, 1951 in Tunica, Mississippi) is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing mysteries for over twenty years. Born and raised in the Delta, she began training for her career as soon as she could hold a pencil. Ace ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0441012795 $22.95, 304 pp. When the Japanese invented synthetic blood, the vampires came out of the closet and mankind had to learn to co-exist with another species. Sookie Stackhouse Sookie Stackhouse is the main character in The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris. She is described as a blue eyed, buxom blond who loves to tan herself. , cocktail waitress in Merlotte's Bar in Bon Temp, Louisiana, is thrilled because she is a very strong telepath tel·e·path n. One who communicates by telepathy. who cannot read a vampire's mind. (How can she? They're dead). After breaking off with her first lover vampire Bill and her second lover Eric magically forget about their one night sexual extravaganza, Sookie vows to live a quiet life. She finds she can't turn her back on the supernatural community because her brother Jason was bitten by a were-panther and on the nights of the full moon he changes. When that happens he spends his time in Hotshot a small shapeshifting community. When one of the Hotshot residents is killed and two other shifters are killed, the shape changers look towards Jason as the culprit because he was turned against his will. Sookie wants to find the shooter so her brother won't be killed but she has her hands full with amorous am·o·rous adj. 1. Strongly attracted or disposed to love, especially sexual love. 2. Indicative of love or sexual desire: an amorous glance. 3. weres, sexy vampires and two fairies who watch over her because she keeps getting into dangerous situations. Charlaine Harris has created a charming, beguiling and sometimes unsafe alternate Earth where the creatures of the night are both sexy and dangerous, sometimes at the same time. The heroine of DEAD AS A DOORNAIL is a southern steel magnolia who has the spine to get a hazardous job done even if it means risking her own life. Sookie's world is never dull and she more in common with the supernatural beings than she does with her own kind. |
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