Dead Until Dark

Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse seriesthe books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBO® original series True Blood. Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's quiet, doesn't get out much, and tends to mind her own businessexcept when it comes to her disability. Sookie can read minds. And that doesnt make her too dateable. Then along comes Bill Compton. Hes tall, dark, handsomeand Sookie cant hear a word hes thinking. Hes exactly the type of guy shes been waiting for all her life... But Bill has a disability of his own: hes a vampire with a bad reputation. And when a string of murders hits Bon Tempsalong with a gang of truly nasty bloodsuckers looking for BillSookie starts to wonder if having a vampire for a boyfriend is such a bright idea.