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Dead as a Doornail (Southern Vampire Mysteries – No. 5)
by Harris, Charlaine
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0441012795
- ISBN 13
- 9780441012794
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Ace Books, New York, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lisa Desimini – Cover Art. 1/4 black coloured backstrip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 dark purple coloured boards. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by Lisa Desimini, with metallic light green and white coloured titles to the front panel and light green and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. The fifth outing of Sookie Stackhouse. Sookie's brother is becoming a were Panther, a change which he appears to welcome, but, somebody has the were community in their sights, literally, and it is up to Sookie to find out who before she becomes a victim as well. Minor rubbing of the backstrip edges and panels. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Minor ruffling of the dustwrapper edges. Full Number Line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], 2 - 295, [1] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Lisa Desimini – Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0441012795. ISBN/EAN: 9780441012794. Inventory No: 0129049. . 9780441012794
Synopsis
When Sookie's brother Jason's eyes start to change, she knows he's about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. But her concern becomes cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local changeling population-and Jason's new panther brethren suspect he may be the shooter. Now, Sookie has until the next full moon to find out who's behind the attacks, unless the killer decides to find her first.
Reviews
On Feb 29 2016, CloggieDownunder said:
Dead as a Doornail is the fifth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series by popular American author, Charlaine Harris. As a newly-minted shifter, Sookie's brother Jason is causing her concern: first she worries about how he is coping with his involuntary were-panther state; then, when it seems that someone is out there shooting shifters (already three shot in a few days), she worries for his safety, both from the shooter, and from those shifters who suspect Jason himself.
Life is never dull in Bon Temps: Sookie has had to beg help from Eric (in the form of a bartender/bouncer) when her boss Sam is incapacitated; Private Investigators are nosing around, inquiring about the whereabouts of a shifter whose body Sookie is certain won't be found; Sookie attends the funeral of the Shreveport Packmaster and finds herself an integral part of the ritual that decides his replacement; someone decides to set fire to Sookie's house with her in it; and she finds that returning books to the library can be more dangerous than she ever imagined.
In this instalment, Sookie finds herself being kissed by, or otherwise intimate, with no less than six men, while there are three people trying to kill her. All the usual characters make appearances, a few new ones appear, with Harris even bringing in a couple from her Lily Bard series (Jack Leeds and Lily Bard Leeds) and the reader learns a bit more about the Sookieverse. Several climaxes and plenty of laughs in this instalment.
4.5 stars
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0129049
- Title
- Dead as a Doornail (Southern Vampire Mysteries – No. 5)
- Author
- Harris, Charlaine
- Illustrator
- Lisa Desimini – Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0441012795
- ISBN 13
- 9780441012794
- Publisher
- Ace Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Fantasy, Sookie Stackhouse, vampires, werewolves, ESP, series – number five Science Fiction & Fantasy; Lisa Desimini – Cover Art Unbranded ISBN: 0441012795 EAN: 9780441012794 Harris, Charlaine Dead as a Doornail (Southe
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About the Seller
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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