Of course she suspects that Bill murdered them, but it can’t be proven.Ī young girl, Maudette, is found murdered, and subsequently, Dawn, a co-worker of Sookie’s is also found murdered in the same way both girls often hung out with vampires, so it is first suspected that vampires killed them. Somehow she survives, and learns in the morning that a tornado has gone through a small part of the town flattening the Rat’s trailer and killing them both. When they return to the bar the next evening, they attack Sookie, intending to kill her. When they try to drain Bill and take his blood to sell on the black market, they are attacked by Sookie, who uses a large chain from her brother’s truck, injures them, and causes them to flee, thereby saving Bill’s life.

When Bill first comes into Merlottes, a bar in Bon Temps, Louisiana where Sookie works as a cocktail waitress, she discovers that she cannot read his mind, and becomes interested in getting to know him.Īs the story unfolds, Sookie waits on Mack and Denise Rattray (Sookie calls them The Rats), a couple she despises, not only because they are trash, but also because they don’t tip it is rumored that they have served time for “Vampire Draining,” which is illegal. Most people in the town consider her a little crazy. Sookie has special powers, in that she can read minds, which can be quite irritating to her at times, and since she knows just what most men are thinking, she chooses to avoid them and not date. In this book, we are introduced to Sookie, as well as Bill the Vampire. Dead Until Dark is the first installment in the bestselling Southern Vampire Novels by Charlaine Harris.

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