title: Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 16)
author:  Laurell K. Hamilton 
description: The florid 16th Anita Blake novel (after 2007's <i>The Harlequin</i>) updates Anita's endlessly erotic adventures as a living vampire with many weird lovers. Anita serves her vampire sweetie Jean-Claude, Master of the City of St. Louis, obsessed with feeding him and her own need to leech off of others' sexual pleasure or ardeur while retaining her rep as vampire executioner (despite the seeming conflict of interest), U.S. marshal and necromancer. She's also accompanying her bed-buddy Jason Schuyler to visit his dying estranged father in North Carolina. After arriving, Jason's mistaken for his rich cousin Keith Summerland, who's ditched his bride-to-be to run off with the wife of a vampire Master, giving Anita a case to solve between wild orgies with wereanimals. Hamilton chronicles Anita's escapades with a growing air of ennui, which longtime readers can't help sharing as sex increasingly takes the place of plot and character development. <i>(June)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # PRAISE FOR LAURELL K. HAMILTON AND THE ANITA BLAKE NOVELS
  
  
  “If you’ve never read this series, I highly recommend/strongly suggest having
  the Anita Blake experience. Vampires, zombies, and shifters, oh my! And trust
  me, these are not your daughter’s vampires.”
  
  
  —Literati Book Reviews
  
  
  “A sex-positive, kick-ass female protagonist.”
  
  
  — _Starburst_
  
  
  “Number one _New York Times_ bestseller Hamilton is still thrilling fans . . .
  with her amazing multifaceted characters and intricate multilayered world, a
  mix of erotic romance, crime drama, and paranormal/fantasy fiction. Her
  descriptive prose is gritty and raw, with a mosaic of humor and horror to tell
  this complex, well-detailed story. But it’s her enigmatic stable of stars that
  continues to shine, managing their improbable interpersonal relationship
  dynamics.”
  
  
  — _Library Journal_
  
  
  “A first-class storyteller.”
  
  
  — _St. Louis Post-Dispatch_
  
  
  “Hamilton remains one of the most inventive and exciting writers in t