"Anita Blake is back!"

Yeah Team, Anita Blake is back and kicking ass! 486 pages of action. Edward is back and so is his sidekick Olaf and Bernardo. They all meet up in Las Vegas to hunt one of the oldest serial killers in the Vampire world. He sent Anita a human head in a box as her invitation to come play a game of life and death in Sin City. Anita not only has to hunt one dangerous serial killer, she has to watch her back around Olaf, he is a true sociopath and gets off on pain and killing.

Edward and Bernardo will do what they can to help, but it's really up to Anita to keep things in line. To top it all off the local SWAT team is made up of paranormals and Anita's reputation has proceeded her. They don't like, or trust, her. The Master of the city and his wife are another problem, Anita has to make nice with them as she is the human servant of a powerful master, so protocol must be handled. Then there is the troublesome fact that Anita's tigers are very close to the surface of her skin and she is having trouble controlling them.

This is one great book and restores Anita to the great vampire executioner she was when we first met her. I haven't enjoyed a Anita Blake book so much in a long time. All fans of the early books will love this one. Thank you Ms. Hamilton for a wonderful read.

Reviewed by Judith Saul
Posted July 18, 2009

Summary

A proven series with a hot new look. The #1 bestselling author returns with her most anticipated novel yet.

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. Ten officers and one executioner have been slain—paranormal style. Anita heads to Vegas, where's she's joined by three other federal marshals, including the ruthless Edward. It's a good thing he always has her back, because when she gets close to the bodies, Anita senses "tiger" too strongly to ignore it. The weretigers are very powerful in Las Vegas, which means the odds of her rubbing someone important the wrong way just got a lot higher.