
Book Review: Small Kingdoms and Other Stories by Charlaine Harris
Four short stories of suspense that revolve around a most unique high school principal, who has a vision for Travis High School and won’t let much get in the way.
Four short stories of suspense that revolve around a most unique high school principal, who has a vision for Travis High School and won’t let much get in the way.
When necronite Jesse Sullivan is murdered and becomes the sole suspect in a federal investigation, more than her freedom and sanity are at stake. She must catch the killer herself—or die trying.
Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is flirting with the grave, going after the undead with a vengeance, hoping that one of these deadbeats is her father. Then she’s captured by Bones, a vampire bounty hunter, and forced into an unlikely partnership.
Ever wondered what Bones was thinking and feeling when he and half-vampire Cat Crawfield first met? Or how their story might differ if he were the one telling it? Well, Cat had her say. Now, it’s Bones’ turn.
Sharpshooter Annie Oakley and her husband tour Europe with Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show, and they discover untapped powers, which explains so much. Annie’s got her gun, and it’s filled with silver bullets.
They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common — and no obvious reasons for killing themselves. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the deaths suspicious in this provocative world of virtual reality games. Eve’s investigation turned the same techniques used to create joy and desire could also prompt the mind to become the weapon of its own destruction…
An addiction to beauty and youth, combined with a top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted, ends with her death, the victim of a brutal murder. Lieutenant Eve Dallas takes on the case when suspicion falls on her best friend, the other woman in the fatal love triangle.