Playing Possum, Charlaine Harris
Playing Possum, Charlaine Harris
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Playing Possum

Author: Charlaine Harris

Narrator: Angela Dawe, Natalie Ross, Amanda Ronconi, Nicola Barber

Unabridged: 5 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/07/2013


Synopsis

"Playing Possum": Sookie Stackhouse brings enough birthday cupcakes for her nephew's entire class but finds she's one short when the angry ex-boyfriend of the school secretary shows up. "Dahlia Underground": Venerable vampire Dahlia Lynley-Chivers survives an attack by an anti-vampire terrorist group, only to show them they tried to blow up the wrong bloodsucker. "Two Blondes": Harris dispatches Sookie Stackhouse on a weekend getaway with an errand to a strip club that involves more than Sookie bargained for. "Death by Dahlia": Harris takes vampire Dahlia Lynley-Chivers to a lavish party that turns deadly. And with so many different creatures of the night in attendance, Dahlia will have a hard time identifying the most likely suspect. "If I Had a Hammer": An original story featuring Sookie, JB, Tara and Sam"Playing Possum" was first published in the anthology An Apple for the Creature, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner. "Dahlia Underground" was first published in the anthology Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side, edited by Charlaine Harris. "Two Blondes" was first published in the anthology Death's Excellent Vacation, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner. "Death By Dahlia" was first published in the anthology Down These Strange Streets, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. "If I Had a Hammer" was first published in the anthology Home Improvement: Undead Edition, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner.

About Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris is the author of several New York Times bestselling series, including the Sunday Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series, now filmed for TV as True Blood. She is married, with children, and lives in Arkansas.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lena

Bite size stories with a satisfying undercurrent of girl power. I particularly liked that two of the stories were from a different POV: Dahlia the old vampire of Rhodes. This is a good world, Charlaine Harris should consider spin-off stories.......more

Goodreads review by William

A series of sookie shorts. A few expand the universe a few confirm that you should never go anywhere with sookie because trouble follows. It’s a nice expansive piece on the Sookie universe. Nothing really filled in any of the major novel plots, but a few stories worth checking out if you want a bit......more

Goodreads review by Emma

To be honest, I listen to all of the Sookie Stackhouse books not just because Charlaine Harris is awesome but because Johanna Parker (the usual narrator) is a singular talent. If I had realized it was not read by her I would have just read it instead of listening, and likely would have liked it bett......more