The former animator was brought back from the dead and was required to feed upon the flesh and blood of the undead in order to stay 'alive' with the assistance of a voodoo charm called a gris-gris. Rather, it was a former animator who betrayed his own profession and was responsible for killing six police officers as he gave up his own life. Also present are Edward, a fellow vampire slayer Malcolm, head of the Church of Eternal Life and Dolph Storr, head of the task force.Īnita was right in the declaration that the vampire killer was not a fellow vampire. Along the way, Anita is shot at, attacked, beat up, knocked unconscious, haunted, tortured, and set upon by wererats.Īnita becomes involved with several members of the underground community including Phillip, a human stripper Jean-Claude, a master vampire and owner of the strip club Guilty Pleasures and Nikolaos, Master of the City of St.

Due to the betrayal of a friend of a friend, Anita is extorted into working for the vampires to find the killer. It is clear to Anita that vampires are not responsible for killing their own, and it is up to the task force to find the culprit. Anita sends Willie away.Īnita becomes deeply embroiled in the case when more victims are found mutilated. Anita informs Willie that she is already a part of the Regional Preternatural Investigation Team and therefore, is already working the case. Willie wants Anita to investigate a string of vampire murders that have been taking place around St. The story begins with Anita meeting with Willie McCoy, a former weasel turned into two-bit vampire. From the job at Animators, Inc., Anita also became a vampire slayer and federal marshal, one of the few in the country that could legally execute vampires and other members of the undead community. Anita was born with the gift of necromancy, the ability to commune with the dead. The purpose of raising the dead is usually to grant closure to loved ones, to solve homicides, or resolve other legal matters. Anita Blake is by trade an animator, one who raises the dead for money. Hamilton is a novel introducing Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter.

Guilty pleasures by laurell k hamilton