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The 13 books · after book 9

Dead in the Family

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Sookie heals while Eric, Bill and Sam get family visits

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Do you need to read it?

Yes. It's part of the chronological order leading up to the end of the saga.

Where it falls in the order

  • Chronological10 of 13
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Quick recap

Sookie is healing from the torture and is with Eric. Jason has a steady girlfriend, Michele. Eric's maker, Appius Livius Ocella, arrives with Alexei Romanov, a damaged vampire. Bill is dying of silver poisoning and can only be cured with blood from Lorena's line. Claude, a fairy cousin, moves into Sookie's house, and great-uncle Dermot haunts the property. Sookie reaches out to Judith, Bill's vampire sibling, and her blood heals him. She also helps Hunter, Hadley's telepathic son. Colman, the father of Claudine's baby, blames Sookie for her death and wants her dead. In the end, it all comes together at Sookie's house: Eric kills Alexei, Colman kills Appius, and Dermot kills Colman.

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What changed on screen

  1. ReferenceA Romanov vampire

    Alexei, Eric's "brother," is based on Tsarevich Alexei, son of Russia's last tsar.

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  2. Behind the scenesTired of these people?

    Reviews were mostly kind, with the Los Angeles Times praising its "genuine heart." Tor.com felt Harris was "getting tired of these people."

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