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In The Laughing Corpse, a creature from beyond the grave is tearing a swath of murder through St. Louis. And Anita will learn that there are some secrets better left buried - and some people better off dead.

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Listening Length	10 hours and 1 minute
Author	Laurell K. Hamilton
Narrator	Kimberly Alexis
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	August 20, 2009
Publisher	Penguin Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B002MB0I7A
Best Sellers Rank	#439 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #6 in Urban Fantasy #12 in Paranormal Fantasy #13 in Paranormal Romance (Audible Books & Originals)

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Lordfrieza

Fantastic Read

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2020

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A friend suggested that I read two series. The Dresden Files and the Anita Blake books. I read through the Dresden files, with the exception of the newest book, and I absolutely loved.

So, with some hope for at least a decent story I started the Anita Blake series. I was not disappointed. Anita is far different from Harry Dresden, and that's a good thing. I absolutely love her interactions with her world, the way she is so rational and fearless, and the fact that she seems to be so focused on what is important.

I look forward to the rest of the series.

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TheBronzeBucket

Terrific, fast, engrossing read!

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2018

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When my children came of age and left home I found a mysterious book among the ruin and disaster. The only book in my extensive collection that did not carry it's cover anymore. I had no idea what it was, but as I needed something to read that day, and i wanted to figure out what this mystery book was, I began with chapter 1. Who is Anita Blake? Is this the first book of a series? Or one from the middle of the series? And why the hell is there a vampire strip club? I almost did not continue, but I am so glad I did! That was Guilty Pleasures. It was so good in fact I read it in one day, which led to the purchase of The Laughing Corpse. Terrific! I love how Ms. Hamilton writes in a way that most of speak on a daily basis, but throws in some big words now and then to show there is more than meets the eye. I love how she teases us with things to come and Anita's internal monologues and wars with the different sides of her personality! And even though each book clearly ends, no cliff hangers yet, you simply cannot wait to get the next one! I am officially a fan and searching for the "friend" that told me years ago not to read Ms. Hamilton's books because they were romance novels so I can slap them in the back of the head!

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Loved it, great read

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2016

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“Stupidity isn’t punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.” There’s no particular reason I chose this quote from the book to start out this review other than I thought it was funny. So sue me.

This book starts only a few weeks after the first book, Guilty Pleasures, ended.

Anita Blake begins by meeting a potential new client in need of her animator skills. Too bad this client is a murderous millionaire who doesn’t care who gets hurt, as long as his zombie is raised. As if that isn’t bad enough, she is also working a case with the local police, trying to figure out what type of creature is ripping apart families…literally. And one of her suspects? Just the most powerful voodoo priestess in all of North America, who just so happens to want Anita to join her in her…less than savory enterprises, and is willing to make her do so by any means necessary. And if that wasn’t enough problems, she also happens to be oh so close to being the new Master of the City’s human servant. Very much unwillingly.

Murder, mayhem, voodoo, and sexy vampires. What more could a girl ask for? Some peace and quiet, if you ask Anita.

I really enjoyed this book, easily as much as the first in this series. Anita is still a tough badass, and there are still so many great, rich characters, that you don’t really get bored at any point in this story, especially with poor Anita having problem after problem thrown at her.

Anita also finds out that she is much more powerful in regards to being an animator than expected, and in a most gruesome way too. It makes you excited to see where just that alone can lead this series. The possibilities are endless.

Something else that I like about these books, other than the great writing and non-stop (yet realistic) action throughout the story, is that, while not necessarily a stand-alone, these books don’t end on a cliffhanger either. Yes, they leave you with knowing that there is more story after the book, that if you want to see what else Anita ends up going through, reading the next in the series is advised. But they end very succinctly, so it makes it a bit more bearable (mostly, haha) to wait a year or two for the next book. Though I still strongly urge you to read this series in order. A lot of things, especially further on (at the time of this writing, I’ve read up to book 24 in the series) won’t make sense if you hadn’t read the previous books. They’re worth it. Don’t skimp!

Overall, I still would recommend this book and series. It covers a lot of bases, such as mystery, crime, paranormal, and fantasy genres, all in one book. It caters to many, which is one of the many things that I think makes them so enjoyable. They don’t try to fit into only one box, so you can enjoy many different flavors at once.

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Annette Sykes

Wonderful series!

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2017

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I am rereading this series for the 5th time. Honestly it is one of my favorite. I have Chronic pain and I use books to "zone out" at times when the pain is so bad. I live the fact that this young beautiful woman is such a badass in fighting but still holds on to her faith. In this book she is forced to participate in human sacrifice. Even under a spell is is able to do it her way. Goodbye bad guys. She faces who and what she really is. Her powers are increasing and she is scared but she will deal with it. She realizes she is a necromancer. This book is well written and very good read. One advice once you start reading this series you will be hooked. They are now 25 books in. Still love them. Laurel Hamilton is wonderful and she is my new favorite author

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C Thilmany

Heavy on the horror

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2014

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Zombies, Voodoo, thugs, police investigations and Anita is now tied to Jean-Claude, the new Master of the City of St Louis, whether she wants to recognize that relationship or not. There’s plenty of action and horror as Anita refuses requests from 2 bad guys. The first wants her to raise a zombie so old that she’d need to do a human sacrifice to have enough energy to do so, and won’t take no for an answer. The other is the area’s zombie queen who has found a way to do something horrible to make money and wants Anita to join her in her endeavor.

There are elements of this story that I absolutely love, more world and character building, moral issues and Anita once again proves just how much of a kick butt heroine she is. We also see a somewhat vulnerable side, but I have to say it’s one of the earlier books that I’ve reread the least, mostly from a horror perspective. I’m also somewhat disappointed in Jean-Claude’s actions in helping Anita when she asks, but she refuses to bend at all for him. It does get explained much later in the series, but it’s difficult to understand for many books just why Jean-Claude is considered to be as powerful as gets indicated.

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SummerDaze

Wow This is the Good Stuff!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2018

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Absolutely amazing Anita Blake a walking (if bruised and battered) Wonder who makes the things that go bump in the night freeze in their tracks. Excellent writing as always and a Sizzling Hot Jean Claude Master Vampire made this a page turner with some heart stopping action and Zombies, Ghouls and Evil Voodoo Giving Anita Blake more tqists and turns around the Graveyards. I love these books. The Series is divine book manna and a total escape with plenty of Everything. Seriously reccomend the Anita Blake books. Awesome Author :)

Sharon

Brilliant format to enjoy this novel again.....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 5, 2010

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I bought the abridged version by accident but I still was not disappointed, & did not feel I had missed too much before even though I have read the book a couple of times. It arrives in a cardboard box as pictured with one cardboard sleeve holding 5 discs & runs for approxiamately for six hours.The only negative I can say is that the box the discs come is not very strong & could be damaged easily if not handled with care on opening.

The Laughing Corpse is the second of a twenty book series at last count. Anita Blake is a hardboiled aninimator, which means she has the ability to raise the dead, her other talents include being a sanctioned vampire killer and working for the St Louis police force as a prenatural specialist on retainer basis.
She's sarcastic, loyal & protective of her friends she can also kick butt, protect herself & kill to survive ask questions later.

Anita visits a potential client to raise a corpse with her greedy boss Bert, a million dollars is on the table. It's to raise a 300 year corpse, that would take a human sacrifice & understandably Anita says no. She's also called to visit a murder scene & it looks like a whole family have been partially eaten by a zombie, Anita visits a suspect, an evil & powerful Vaundin priestess who becomes an insurmountable nemesis. Because what she see's makes her want to vomit & she barely gets out of there alive, after seeing that kind of power Anita is scared out of her wits.
The story takes you to a powerful & violent climax & it is here that Anita gets a taste of what she really is capable of if she wanted that kind of power, so does Jean Claude......

Read by Kimberly Alexis aka Laurell K Hamilton, I was impressed, there's nothing twangy about her accent. Her intonation is clear, different character voices are individual, she tells the story only like an author can because it's her creation, she tells the tale with expression & emotion.
There's also atmospheric music & sound effects in the pertinant parts which some other audio books do not have.This only adds to the experience.

Very happy looking forward to the next audio book which is Circus of the Damned..

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The laughing corpse by laurell k hamilton

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2015

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I chose this rating because the book was brilliant it has a gripping story line the type of book you just cannot put down .I liked this book also because it is well written with good characters the main character is a hard as nails female but still feminine and believable even when she is up against big strong men and vampires I would recommend this to anybody who likes dark fantasy books about things that go bump in the night.
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Andie

I loved everything about this series of books and just couldn't put them down

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2018

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I loved everything about this series of books and just couldn't put them down, fantastically written with stunning and captivating characters, Multi layers of sub plots that are easily followed and wonderful action with romance. A must read for so many reasons. I am sure you will love these books as much as I did

Debbie

Anita's day gets worse

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2017

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A crap day gets worse when Mr Gaynor won't take no for an answer when Anita refuses to raise a zombie. She is too busy running round town trying to stop another zombie who is dismembering and eating the local citizens.

Add to that the new master of the city is trying to convince her to be his human servant. She already bears 2 of the 4 marks. To say Anita is not amused is an understatement.

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