Skin Trade (novel)
''Skin Trade'' is the seventeenth book in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of horror/mystery/erotica novels by Laurell K. Hamilton. Plot introduction While Anita Blake remains one of the most effective "legal vampire hunters" in the country, her personal life is in turmoil because of her close personal relationship with some vampires. Amid this backdrop, Blake goes to Las Vegas to investigate a vampire's serial murder spree. Plot summary Summary Vittorio has resurfaced in Las Vegas. Anita receives a head of one of the officers in Las Vegas, and sets out to pursue this vampire serial killer. Anita is joined by Edward (aka Ted Forrester), Bernardo Spotted Horse, and Olaf (aka Otto Jefferies). Anita becomes bound to two other tigers, Cynric (blue) and Domino (black and white). Characters in ''Skin Trade'' Major characters *Anita Blake: Anita travels to Vegas because if she did not, she believes other people will die. She goes without most of her loved ones because ...
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Laurell K
Laurell may refer to: * Laurell K. Hamilton, American fantasy and romance writer * Anna Laurell Nash, Swedish boxer * Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen, Finnish jazz guitarist, pianist, composer, bandleader and producer * Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern, politician and Prime Minister of New Zealand * Carl-Bertil Laurell, Swedish medical doctor and researcher * Kay Laurell (born Ruth Leslie), American stage and silent film actress and model * Laurell (singer), Canadian singer and songwriter See also * Laurel (other) Laurel may refer to: Plants * Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng ...

Vampire Hunter Characters
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited while they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century. Vampiric entities have been recorded in cultures around the world; the term ''vampire'' was popularized in Western Europe after reports of an 18th-century mass hysteria of a pre-existing folk belief in the Balkans and Eastern Europe that in some cases resulted in corpses being staked and people being accused of vampirism. Local variants in Eastern Europe were also known by different names, such as ''shtriga'' in Albania, '' vrykolakas'' in Greece and '' strigoi'' in Romania. In modern times, ...
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