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. Sookie has until the next full moon to find out who's behind the attacks - unless the killer decides to find her first.The Sookie Stackhouse books are delightful Southern Gothic supernatural mysteries, starring Sookie, the telepathic cocktail waitress, and a cast of increasingly colourful characters, including vampires, werewolves and things that really do go bump in the night.ĭead as a Doornail is the fifth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series by popular American author, Charlaine Harris. She afraid not just because Jason's at risk, but because his new were-brethren suspect Jason may be the shooter. She can deal with that, but her normal sisterly concern turns to cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local changeling population. The problem is, Sookie wants a quiet life - but things just seem to happen to her and her friends.Now her brother Jason's eyes are starting to change: he's about to turn into a were-panther for the first time.

She's a great cocktail waitress in a fun bar she has a love life, albeit a bit complicated, and most people have come to terms with her telepathy. Sookie's got just a month, before the next full moon, to find out who wants her brother dead - and to stop the fiend!Sookie Stackhouse enjoys her life, mostly.

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