Dead in the Family
core novel 2010 The Southern Vampire Mysteries
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.91 (171,273 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441018642 |
| Internal chronology | 10 |
Synopsis
The tenth Southern Vampire Mysteries novel finds Sookie still recovering from torture she suffered at the hands of fairies in the previous book, now settled into a relationship with vampire Eric Northman while her brother Jason appears to have found stability with a new girlfriend. That fragile calm is disrupted by the arrival of Eric's maker, Appius Livius Ocella, accompanied by the volatile, mentally unstable vampire Alexei, forcing Eric to confront painful obligations from his past. At the same time, Bill Compton is suffering from a slow, agonizing silver poisoning, and a vampire named Victor begins targeting people close to Sookie in a campaign of assassination attempts tied to ongoing power struggles among Louisiana's vampires.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Southern Vampire Mysteries
- Series: The Southern Vampire Mysteries core; position 10 of 13 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Charlaine Harris
Notes
- From the series record (The Southern Vampire Mysteries): Also known as the Sookie Stackhouse novels; the basis for the television series True Blood.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Southern Vampire Mysteries: position 10 of 13: previous Dead and Gone (2009) · next Dead Reckoning (2011)
Sources
← The Southern Vampire Mysteries dossier · All universes
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