Sookie and Eric plotting about how to assassinate Victor Madden is discussed, but turns out to be (one assumes) set-up for the next book. Sookie wasn't just going to bounce back from what happened to her in Dead and Gone, and she is noticeably different - distant, colder, depressed and angry, and actually considering killing Victor Madden, who wants to take over Louisiana and is a clear and present danger to Eric. Eric and Pam are endangered by the King of Nevada's agent, Victor Madden, who was responsible for keeping Eric from rescuing Sookie in Dead and Gone.ĭefinitely an aftermath novel. Bill needs the blood of his 'sibling' in order to recover from his injuries in the fae war, and Eric's maker Ocella and Ocella's new 'child' Alexei Romanov, show up and wreak havoc. Someone buries a corpse on Sookie's land and calls in an anonymous tip in order to frame her for murder, and after foiling the plot, Sookie once again helps Alcide's pack work out their problems. Sookie reconnects with her brother Jason. Amelia moves out of Sookie's house and returns to New Orleans, and cousin Claude the fairy, lonely after the death of his sister Claudine, moves in. Sookie is still recovering from what the fairies did to her, and even regular treatments with Eric's blood isn't enough to counteract her depression. 'In my darkest moments - and this was one of them - I wondered if my life was worth the price that had been paid for it.'

Dead in the family by charlaine harris