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Dead in the Family

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #10 / 13 ✓
by Charlaine Harris
Dead in the Family (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #10) by Charlaine Harris
  ★ 6.98 / 38
1★2★3★24★35★116★77★118★19★310★

The Brand New Sookie Stackhouse novel!

Sookie Stackhouse has finally settled into a relationship with the Viking vampire Eric, and her errant brother Jason seems to have his life in order, too. But all the other people in Sookie's life – Eric himself, her former lover Bill, her friend and boss Sam – are having family problems. Eric's maker shows up with Eric's 'brother' in tow, the ailing Bill can only be healed by a blood sibling, and Sam's brother's marriage is about to take place... or will it?

The furor raised by the coming out of the two-natured has yet to settle; some people are just not ready to sit down to dinner with a man who turns into a dog. And Sookie herself is still recovering from her last ordeal. She's definitely improving, physically and mentally, but she's always going to have some dark moments now. The werewolves tell her that there have been strange and ominous passers-by in the Stackhouse woods; now Sookie is about to come face-to-face with one of her more distant relatives...

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Category: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Werewolves, TV Series, Shapeshifters, Romance, Paranormal Romance
Release date: May 4, 2010

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Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris didn’t just bring vampires into small-town America—she made them feel like your eccentric neighbors down the street. With a knack for blending the eerie and the everyday, Harris carved out a distinctive space in fantasy and mystery, where Southern charm meets supernatural chaos.

Born in Mississippi and raised in the heart of the South, Harris grew up surrounded by stories—ghost tales whispered on porches, family secrets that lingered like fog, and a cultural richness steeped in shadow and folklore. That upbringing shaped her voice: grounded in the rhythms of rural life, but always with one eye on the things that lurk just beyond the veil.

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Though she began her career writing traditional mysteries, it was a telepathic waitress named Sookie Stackhouse who changed everything. With Dead Until Dark, Harris introduced readers to Bon Temps, Louisiana—a town teeming with vampires, shapeshifters, and all manner of supernatural intrigue. The Southern Vampire Mysteries—which later inspired HBO’s True Blood—didn’t just ride the wave of vampire fiction; they gave it a bold, sassy Southern accent and a twist of dark humor.

What makes Harris’s work endure isn’t just the paranormal hook. It’s the humanity beneath the fangs. Her protagonists—flawed, resilient, often underestimated—wrestle with identity, morality, and the desire to belong in worlds that don’t make it easy. Whether it’s Aurora Teagarden navigating small-town gossip or Harper Connelly using her ability to locate the dead, Harris gives readers women who are both vulnerable and tough as nails.

She once said, “I write about people who are a little outside the mainstream,” and that empathy for outsiders has become a hallmark of her fiction. It’s no surprise her books have topped bestseller lists and been translated into dozens of languages. Yet despite the global recognition, her stories remain intimate—more front porch than red carpet.

Today, Harris continues to expand her supernatural universe with series like Midnight, Texas and The Gunnie Rose, each one adding a new layer to her genre-bending legacy. But at the core of it all is that singular talent: turning strange, spooky, even dangerous places into homes you want to return to—preferably before nightfall.

In the world of dark fantasy and Southern gothic mystery, Charlaine Harris doesn’t just write the story. She invites you in, offers you sweet tea, and then quietly lets the werewolves out.

The Southern Vampire Mysteries

Also known as the Sookie Stackhouse series.

The Southern Vampire Mysteries consists of thirteen primary books, and includes five additional books that complement the series but are not considered mandatory reads — considered a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Dead Until Dark (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #1)
  ★ 7.40 / 78
Living Dead in Dallas (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #2)
  ★ 7.20 / 62
Club Dead (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #3)
  ★ 7.28 / 58
Dead to the World (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #4)
  ★ 7.82 / 53
Dead as a Doornail (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #5)
  ★ 7.20 / 49
Definitely Dead (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #6)
  ★ 7.40 / 47
All Together Dead (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #7)
  ★ 7.48 / 48
From Dead to Worse (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #8)
  ★ 7.12 / 45
Dead and Gone (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #9)
  ★ 7.14 / 43
Dead in the Family (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #10)
  ★ 6.98 / 38
Dead Reckoning (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #11)
  ★ 6.74 / 35
Deadlocked (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #12)
  ★ 6.48 / 31
Dead Ever After (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #13)
  ★ 6.04 / 27
A Touch of Dead (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
  ★ 6.54 / 13
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
  ★ 7.00 / 2
After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
  ★ 4.60 / 5
Dancers in the Dark & Layla Steps Up: The Layla Collection (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
  ★ 8.00 / 1
The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
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08/23/2012
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Linda
5 books, 5 reviews
★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ 4 / 10

Book Review: 1 Treasure Box Eric and Sookie are now married and Eric’s sire is in town. Sookie has to deal with her vampire father-in law and her crazy, vampire brother-in-law. At the same time she is recovering from the ordeal she went through in Dead and Gone. Dead in the Family is the tenth book in The Southern Vampire Mysteries series (also known as A Sooke Stackhouse Novel), and currently there are a total of twelve books. The thirteenth and final book is going to be released May 2013. All the books are contemporary fantasy but are also known as urban fantasy. They also fall into the romance genre. The story is told in the first person narrative with Sooke’s voice and thoughts as we follow her around. Not too much happens in the beginning of this book because Sookie is recuperating from being captured and tortured. Eric’s sire is in town making life difficult for the couple. There are a few problems which crop up surrounding the werewolves and there are still some lingering faerie problems. This book continues to examine prejudice showing the damage it can cause. The end of the book was exciting and had plenty of action. Previously, I had found this series to be one of the better in this genre, but now I am questioning if that is still true. While reading Dead in the Family, I found some of the writing to be trite and rushed with a story that was not very well formulated. I also thought the book lacked its usual exciting pace. However, I still enjoyed reading Sookie's thoughts and I still really like all of the characters. This is a standalone book that continues immediately after the events in book nine, and since there are going to be three more books in the series, I know that there is more to tell in Sookie’s story. I have read all the previous books in the series and I have enjoyed them all, but I found Dead in the Family to be underwhelming. I thought the book was OK, and I am planning to give the next book in the series a read. I am hoping it will pick up some speed. Favourite Quote: “I love spring for all the obvious reasons. I love the flowers blooming (which happens early here in Louisiana); I love the birds twittering; I love the squirrels scampering across my yard. I love the sound of werewolves howling in the distance. No, just kidding. But the late, lamented Tray Dawson had once told me that spring is the favorite season of werewolves.” Page 37 For more of my reviews go to http://books-treasureortrash.com

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