The Laughing Corpse

Now available in hardcover for the first time, The Laughing Corpsetakes readers back to a time when Anita's life was a bit less complicated. As the best Animator in the business-she's as good at raising the dead as she is at slaying the undead-she crosses paths with a creature from beyond the grave, a super-powerful zombie who is tearing a swath of murder through the city. And she discovers that there are some secrets better left buried-and some people better left dead.

Laurell K. Hamilton is a full-time writer of the bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels, as well as A Kiss of Shadows and A Caress of Twilight. She lives in a suburb of St. Louis with her family.