Hit List
core novel 2011 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.97 (31,283 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780425241134 |
| Internal chronology | 20 |
Synopsis
Hit List is the twentieth novel in the Anita Blake series. Federal marshals Anita Blake and Edward travel to the Pacific Northwest to investigate a string of serial killings, initially treating it as a conventional, if brutal, murder case. As they dig deeper, they realize the killings bear the hallmarks of the Harlequin, a centuries-old order of vampire assassins who serve the Mother of All Darkness, the first vampire ever made and a being long believed destroyed. Edward comes to suspect that the murders are in fact bait, deliberately laid to draw Anita into a direct confrontation with this ancient power, who is said to be searching for a new body to inhabit and has fixed her attention on Anita herself. The two marshals must untangle the Harlequin's methods and motives while treating the mounting human casualties as anything but incidental.
Where it sits
- Universe: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
- Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter core; position 20 of 30 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Notes
- From the series record (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter): The long-running main sequence, mixing full novels and a few shorter novellas, following vampire hunter and necromancer Anita Blake; still active as of the latest update.
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 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: position 20 of 30: previous Bullet (2010) · next Kiss the Dead (2012)
Sources
- TL Branson: Anita Blake series in order
- https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/laurell-k-hamilton/hit-list.htm
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