The Lunatic Cafe

Pages: 384
Published: 1996
Language: English

Anita Blake is caught between her growing feelings for a werewolf pack leader and her professional life as a vampire hunter. When a series of brutal shapeshifter murders rocks St. Louis, she must navigate a dangerous web of supernatural politics to find the killer. Balancing a complicated romance with a lethal investigation might be more than even she can handle.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Dark Tense Romantic Gritty

Love Triangle Morally Grey Forbidden Love Rivals

Fantasy Horror Mystery Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy Amateur Sleuth Paranormal

Laurell K. Hamilton

Laurell K. Hamilton (born Laurell Kaye Klein, February 19, 1963, in Heber Springs, Arkansas) is an American fantasy and romance writer regarded as one of the founding voices of urban fantasy. She is best known for two long-running series: Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter, about a professional zombie raiser, vampire executioner and supernatural police consultant in a fictional St. Louis, and Merry Gentry, about a private detective who is also a princess of the Unseelie court of Faerie. Her debut novel...