The Lunatic Cafe

An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

By: Laurell K. Hamilton

Narrated by: Kimberly Alexis

First time in trade paperback: The fourth novel in the number one New York Times best-selling series.

Vampire hunter and zombie animator Anita Blake is an expert at sniffing out the bad from the good. But in The Lunatic Cafe she's about to learn that nothing is ever as it seems, especially in matters of the not-so-human heart.

Dating a werewolf with self-esteem issues is stressing Anita out. Especially when something-or someone-starts taking out the city's shapeshifters.

Love in vein: listen to more tales of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter.©2009 Laurell K. Hamilton (P)2009 Penguin

Critic reviews

"The zombie-raising business gets slow in December, so Anita Blake is starting to see some oddball cases. She's got a neatly typed list of eight missing lycanthropes given to her by Marcus, the leader of the local werewolf pack, who wants her to find them. The trouble is, Anita's occasionally furry boyfriend Richard is locked in a power struggle with Marcus. Jean-Claude, master vampire of the city and Anita's other love interest, is getting jealous as well. To top it off, Anita has to solve some horrific murders and keep her bounty-hunting friend Edward from killing Richard and Jean-Claude. Hamilton alternates between funny and fearsome in this larky series about a monster hunter with a few dark secrets." (Amazon.com review)

Amazing!!!

Loved everything can’t wait to hear book 5
Now headed to listen to book 5

Great Narrator

She is so good at doing all the voices it is possible to see each character. Going from book to audio makes it go too fast.

superb author

Laurrell K Hamilton has always been one of my favorite authors. this production was awesome!

Good book

The story is good the narrator is good but the stupid “sound effects “ are getting on my nerves. I listened to it once but I probably won’t again.

Tap dancing near racist tones

I’ve been seriously enjoying this series but I’m noticing the black characters are mostly described as “the black guy” “the black woman” and this particular story includes a racist who uses the word nigger a few times. It’s giving me pause to continue. There are only a few black characters she calls by name and I believe one of them is a traitor. Not feeling it at all!

Do not buy abridged copies. so much missing!

why do they offer these? I want to return this! So much is missing from the book!

Cut out a lot of information

I have previously read the book. This condensed version left out a lot of information. I wish I had known that before I purchased this book