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When Sookie Stackhouse, a small‑town cocktail waitress, notices her brother Jason's eyes changing, she realizes he is turning into a were‑panther for the first time. As the local changeling population faces attacks by a sniper, Jason’s new panther allies suspect he may have been involved. Sookie now races against time to identify the killer before the next full moon, fearing the attacker might target her next.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Fantasy/Urban Fantasy
Authors: Charlaine Harris
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