Sooke Stackhouse always foun it difficult to date - she's cute, but not many guys are comfortable with her mind-reading abilities. But vampires have no problems with Sookies talent - she can't pick up much of anything from the undead. But there's only one vampire Sookie Stackhouse is involved with - at least voluntarily - right now, and that's Bill.But recently he's been a little distant - in another stat distant. His sinister and sexy boss Eric has an idea where to find him, and next thing Sookie knows, she's of to Jackson, Mississippi, to mingle with the underworld at Club Dead. It's a dangerous little huant where the elusive vampire society can got to chill out and suck down some Type O - but when Sookie finally finds Bill, he's not only in trouble, but caught in an act of serious betral. Shoukd she save him, or sharpen some stakes? --- back cover.