
The Laughing Corpse: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel
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The early Anita Blake novels find new life in trade paperback-as perfect collectibles for long-time fans or as great ways for new listeners to sink their teeth into the series.
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...
- Listening Length10 hours and 1 minute
- Audible release dateAugust 20, 2009
- LanguageEnglish
- ASINB002MB0I7A
- VersionUnabridged
- Program TypeAudiobook
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Listening Length | 10 hours and 1 minute |
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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 | #9,188 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #151 in Urban Fantasy #218 in Paranormal Romance (Audible Books & Originals) #273 in Paranormal Fantasy |
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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.
This is the book I keep comparing other books to.
I read the first novel (Guilty Pleasures) several times but each time I was satisfied, although not overly enthusiastic to keep reading the sequels.
Then I forced myself to continue and HOLY COW did this book convince me to keep reading!
This is Guilty Pleasures unleashed, tuned up and pumped full of steroids! Not a single dead space (dead, hehe) no boring fluff, every exposition is done artfully and doesn't feel forced... I could go on forever.
The only thing I was afraid of was that it had set the bar too high and the following books in the series would not be as great.
Boy, was I wrong. :)
I'm not saying it is the absolute best in the series. (NOTHING has beaten Obsidian Butterfly so far!), but this book will forever hold a special place in my heart (and on my shelf) simply because it was the book that hooked me into Anita Blake series! Thank you! ^_^
Enjoy the exploration and excitement.
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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..

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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