Charlaine Harris 
Definitely Dead 

Sookie doesn’t have that many relations, so she hated to lose one — but of all the people to go, she didn’t expect it to be her cousin Hadley, a consort of New Orleans’ vampire queen — after all, Hadley was technically already dead.But she is gone, beyond recall, and she’s left Sookie an inheritance — one that comes with a bit of a risk — not least because someone doesn’t want Sookie digging too deep into Hadley’s past — or her possessions.Sookie’s life is once again on the line, and this time the suspects range from the rogue werewolves who have rejected Sookie as a friend of the pack to her first love, the vampire Bill.Sookie’s got a lot to do if she’s going to keep herself alive …The Sookie Stackhouse books are delightful Southern Gothic supernatural mysteries, starring Sookie, the telepathic cocktail waitress, and a cast of increasingly colourful characters, including vampires, werewolves and things that really do go bump in the night.