Part of Sookie Stackhouse, book 13
First published 2013
Sookie Stackhouse has good reason to refuse when Arlene asks for her old job back at Merlotte's. Arlene once tried to kill her. But Eric Northman presents a different problem. The vampire sheriff maintains his distance, wrapped in cold silence. When Sookie discovers why Eric pulls away, the truth devastates her. Then murder strikes Bon Temps. Police arrest Sookie for the killing. The evidence looks thin, and she makes bail, but the damage spreads through her world. Sookie begins her own investigation into the crime. She uncovers layer after layer of deception in her small Louisiana town. The residents she thought she knew hide behind convenient lies. Justice becomes another word for revenge. Love proves insufficient against the forces tearing her life apart. In this final chapter of her story, Sookie must navigate the dangerous currents of truth and falsehood that run beneath Bon Temps.
Genres: romance, mystery, fantasy, contemporary, paranormal, urban-fantasy
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Bon Temps, Louisiana
Period: contemporary
352 pages · Hardcover · Ace Books
Content warnings: violence