Anita Blake: vampire hunter

Anita Blake, a woman who has the power to reanimate dead bodies, refuses an offer of a million dollars to bring a three-hundred-year-old corpse back to life because the effort would require a human sacrifice, but when a less ethical animator takes the job, it is up to Anita to stop the resulting carnage.

A favor for a friend puts Anita Blake in the center of a full-blown scandal that threatens master vampire Jean- Claude's reign-and makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen's new rise to power.

Anita Blake, a necromancer, sympathizes with Tony Bennington after the death of his wife, but she hesitates to comply with his request to resurrect Mrs. Bennington on the grounds that the creature that would rise from the grave would not be the solution to Tony's grief.

A serial killer is hunting the Pacific Northwest, murdering victims in a gruesome and spectacular way. The local police suspect "monsters" are involved, and have called in Anita Blake and Edward, U.S. Marshals who really know their monsters, to catch the killer.

"Anita uses her familiarity with zombies to investigate why Micah's father is dying from an inexplicable flesh-rotting disease."--From NoveList.

Anita Blake has the highest kill count of any vampire executioner in the country. She's a U.S. Marshal who can raise Zombies with the best of them. But ever since she and master vampire Jean-Claude went public with their engagement, all she is to anyone and everyone is Jean-Claude's fiancee. - It's wreaking havoc with her reputation as a hard ass- to some extent. Luckily, in professional circles, she's still the go-to expert for zombie issues. And...

A remote Florida island is the perfect wedding destination for the upcoming nuptials of Anita's fellow U.S. Marshal and best friend Edward. For Anita, the vacation is a welcome break, as it's the first trip she gets to take with just wereleopards Micah and Nathaniel. But it's not all fun and games and bachelor parties. In this tropical paradise Micah discovers a horrific new form of lycanthropy, one that has afflicted a single family for generations....

Rafael, king of the wererats, must fight to the death to defend his crown. He wants Anita Blake, one of his closest allies, with him as he faces an opponent unlike any he's faced before. He will ask Anita to risk everything to be at his side ...--Publisher's description