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Dead and Gone
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The Sookie Stackhouse series/Southern Vampire Mysteries: Book 9

Dead and Gone (2009) (edit title/settings)

by Charlaine Harris (Author) (edit contributors)

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"Dead and Gone" is the 9th book in Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries series. It was first published on May 5, 2009 in the United States and has received an Honorable Mention in the 2009 Paranormal Excellence Award for Romantic Literature (P.E.A.R.L.) for the Overall Best Paranormal... read more

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Sookie Stackhouse is very much involved in the supernatural world: she's blood-bound to the area Sheriff of the vamps, a friend to the local Werewolf pack, works for a man who is a Shifter, and has a brother who is a Were-Panther… and now she finds out that she has a fairy great-grandfather.... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Sookie Stackhouse is very much involved in the supernatural world: she's blood-bound to the area Sheriff of the vamps, a friend to the local Werewolf pack, works for a man who is a Shifter, and has a brother who is a Were-Panther… and now she finds out that she has a fairy great-grandfather.

The world hasn't even fully recovered from the Great Revelation of the existence of Vampires when the Weres and Shifters decide to come out in the open as well.

Problems begin when Sookie's fairy great-grandfather tells her the faeries are at war, and her were-panther sister-in-law, Crystal, is found crucified in the back of Merlotte's. Sookie thinks the murder might be a hate crime against the shifters, but when was anything just as simple as that in Bon Temps?

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  • “I don´t know that anyone is worthless," I said. "Though I have to admit, if I had to pick one person to get in a lifeboat with me, she wouldn´t have made even my long list.”
    Sookie Stackhouse
  • “Eric, when I’m back to being myself, I’m going to nail your ass for putting me in this position of being pledged to you.” “Darling, you can nail my ass anytime,” he said charmingly, and turned to go back to his table. Pam rolled her eyes. “You two,” she said.”
    Sookie, Eric, Pam
  • “Before the past two years (maybe even less if I counted down the months), I'd never laid a finger on another person in anger, aside from hitting Jason in the stomach with my plastic baseball bat when he tore my Barbie's hair out.”
    Sookie Stackhouse
  • “I realized that I was really tired of people popping on and off of my property like it was a train station on the supernatural railroad.”
    Sookie Stackhouse
  • “We were worried about Adam and Steve", a baptist minister said. "Should we have been more worried about Rover and Fluffy?”
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Bon Temps, Louisiana
  • Merlotte's Bar and Grill: Owned by Sam Merlotte, is a popular local hangout for residents of Bon Temps, Louisiana. Bar Sookie works at.
  • Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Fangtasia: A popular vampire bar in Shreveport, Louisiana owned by Eric Northman, and, in part, by Pam and Chow. It was presumably opened after the Great Revelation and serves as a hangout for vampires, "Fangbangers" and tourist.

Organizations edit see section history

  • Fellowship of the Sun: "FotS" - A church that preaches the message of "coming from the darkness into the light", and are a leading voice in anti-vampire politics in America. What the Klan is to African Americans, the Fellowship of the Sun is to vampires.

First Sentence edit see section history

“Caucasian vampires should never wear white,” the television announcer intoned.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapters 1 - 18

Glossary edit see section history

  • High-handed: It means someone who thinks he knows what’s best for everyone. He makes decisions for them withoutasking them.
  • TrueBlood: a brand of synthetic vampire blood
  • born: born with the ability to change into a were
  • bitten: turned into a were by being bitten by another were, rather than being born with the ability
  • Great Reveal: the day the weres revealed themselves to the world

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 9 of 23 in The Sookie Stackhouse series/Southern Vampire Mysteries. (standard series)

Preceded by From Dead to Worse, and followed by Dead in the Family.

This is book 14 of 22 in Sookie Stackhouse: Reading Order. (standard series)

Preceded by Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, and followed by Death's Excellent Vacation.

This book is in New York Times Bestsellers (Current). (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Charlaine Harris (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Kristin del Rosario (Designer) - Text design
  2. Johanna Parker (Reader)
  3. Lisa Desimini (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: May 5, 2009
ISBN: 9780441017157
Page Count: 320

Awards edit see section history

  • P.E.A.R.L. (Finalist, 2009: Overall Best Paranormal Romance)

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3558.A6427D4 2009
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Contains sexually explicit scenes and profanity.

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More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Dead Until Dark
  • Living Dead in Dallas
  • Club Dead
  • Dead to the World
  • Dead as a Doornail
  • Definitely Dead
  • All Together Dead
  • From Dead to Worse
  • Dead and Gone
  • Dead in the Family
  • A Touch of Dead
  • Death's Excellent Vacation

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • The Sookie Stackhouse Companion
  • Dead Until Dark
  • Living Dead in Dallas
  • Club Dead
  • Dead to the World
  • Dead as a Doornail
  • Definitely Dead
  • All Together Dead
  • From Dead to Worse

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