In the fifth installment of the Anita Blake series, Anita travels to Branson, Missouri to participate in a mass zombie raising with her necromancy job. She gets enlisted to investigate another series of disappearances and murders for the local Branson police. Subsequently, we learn quite a bit about the world of the fey, which is complex and intriguing. Anita phones Jean-Claude to get some information about the vampire she is looking for, and accepts the help he offers. Jean-Claude, of course, takes advantage of this opportunity to attempt to dissuade Anita from continuing her engagement with Richard, much less actually following through. (I still have no good feeling toward Richard, and hope he goes away!) The death toll for this book is fairly high. I enjoyed this book greatly, and cannot wait to continue the series.