This is a book about vampires.  Not THAT book about vampires (though look for a Twilight review at some point this year).  This book (and series) are the basis for the new show on HBO, True Blood (a show I haven’t seen and know nothing about except that there are vampires, so I won’t compare the book to show).  Dead Until Dark is a true blue mystery that follows anti-heroine Sookie Stackhouse.  Set in Louisiana, this novel about a waitress who can read minds and falls in love with a vampire straddles the line between a seedy vampire world and the human world (but features a strong female protagonist, unlike some other vampire novels I’ve heard about recently).  A well crafted mystery story, I look forward to reading more in the Sookie Stackhouse series.