Hit list is Laurell K. Hamilton’s best horror/suspense fiction (and the best instalment of New York Times bestseller list nr. 1 Anita Blake series) since a long time.
Characterisation is fine and the plot is delightfully gory and grim. Hamilton’s much praised and much criticised eroticism hardly appears in this book, actually Anita scarcely has sex (well, a little bit she does). We only see that she is – fortunately – still the free-minded and tough woman who is not afraid of using her sexuality and is not afraid of prejudiced (male) cops. Hit List was published on 7th June, 2011, and it has already made its way to the top of New York Times bestseller list. It is decidedly a must read for any Anita Blake fan – or any fan of dark fiction.
A serial killer slays Were Tigers across the country. Both Anita Blake and Edward suspect that the Harlequin make the killings, for the request of the Queen of Darkness. However, not even Harlequin know one another’s faces, as they wear their masks when they meet. Edward believes that in fact the Queen of Darkness uses the Were Tigers’ murderers as baits to take Anita herself – either to takeover her body or to kill her. He has his own trick in store for them… By the end of the book we can see a long awaited and dramatic fight between the Queen of Darkness and Anita.
The first Anita Blake novel of 2011 was also a great success and an awesome read.
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