Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. Shes quiet, keeps to herself, and doesnt get out much. Not because shes not pretty. She is. Its just that, well, Sookie has this sort of disability. She can read minds. And that doesnt make her too dateable. And then along comes Bill. Hes tall, dark, handsome--and Sookie cant hear a word Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. Shes quiet, keeps to herself, and doesnt get out much. Not because shes not pretty. She is. Its just that, well, Sookie has this sort of disability. She can read minds. And that doesnt make her too dateable. And then along comes Bill. Hes tall, dark, handsome--and Sookie cant hear a word hes thinking. Hes exactly the type of guy shes been waiting for all her life.... But Bill has a disability of his own: Hes a vampire with a bad reputation. He hangs with a seriously creepy crowd, all suspected of--big surprise--murder. And when one of Sookies coworkers is killed, she fears shes next....