Long-Time Listener, First-Time Werewolf (Kitty Norville Series) [Hardcover]

Carrie Vaughn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2007

Contains the first three Kitty Norville books! DJ Kitty Norville never much liked doing the nightshift at K-NOB, Denver's alternative radio station - that is, until the attack that made her a werewolf. Now her habits have become decidedly more nocturnal, not to mention reckless. One night, in a fit of boredom, she ditches the stations dull '90s format in favor of posing a question to her listeners: Do you believe in vampires? The startling answer: Yes. Suddenly calls from anguished, alienated, self-proclaimed vampires, werewolves and witches begin pouring in, with Kitty dispensing on-air advice with unexpected aplomb. And all at once The Midnight Hour - late night radio's scariest, most surreal talk show - is born. But not everyone's thrilled with Kitty's newfound success. Carl, the alpha-male leader of Kitty's werewolf pack, takes her on-air bravado as a challenge to his authority. And Arturo, head of Denver's vampire families, is terrified she may let loose some privileged information that will be fatal to his kin. Either way, both honchos want her to quit. Then a deranged bounty hunter specializing in lycanthropes threatens to kill her on-air, forcing her to take werewolf form right in the studio... causing the most privileged information of all to go public: her own secret identity. Ahh, but it'll take more than coming out as a werewolf to keep Kitty Norville sidelined. And here are her first three other-worldly adventures: In addition to Kitty and the Midnight Hour, Kitty Goes to Washington, where she is invited to testify at a Senate hearing on behalf of all supernaturals... by a paranoid, bible thumping senator determined to expose her a monster; and Kitty Takes a Holiday, but her longed-for Colorado vacation gets cut short when nearby livestock turn up mutilated... with evidence of black magic afoot.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 645 pages
• Publisher: SFBC/Warner Books; Book club edition (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739482769
• ISBN-13: 978-0739482766
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in California, but grew up all over the country, a bona fide Air Force Brat. I currently live in Colorado, with my miniature American Eskimo dog, Lily. I have a Masters in English Lit, love to travel, love movies, plays, music, just about anything, and am known to occasionally pick up a rapier.

I've never been a DJ, but I love writing about one.

Here's my website: www.carrievaughn.com

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 3 novels in 1 book..., December 10, 2008

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Judy Smith "judylynnsbooks" (jamestown, ky United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long-Time Listener, First-Time Werewolf (Kitty Norville Series) (Hardcover)

This book contains the first 3 novels in the Kitty series plus one short story. Kitty and the Midnight Hour, Kitty Goes to Washington, Kitty Takes a Holiday and the short story Kitty Meets the Band. Kitty is a dj who was turned into a werewolf while running from a bad date. Her radio show is a place that supernatural beings or "monsters" as they call the werewolves and vampires, can call in with their problems. Pretty much like a Dear Abby show, only funnier. In the first book Kitty tells on the air that she is a werewolf and now her pack leader and the local vampire king wants to kill her. They don't want their secret told to humans. Then someone hires a deranged hit man to come on show while it is airing to kill her. In the second story, Kitty is supposed to meet with the Senate in Washington to tell whether she thinks werewolves and vampires are dangerous. The senate isn't the danger here but the bible thumping senator on hand and some other supernaturals are so Kitty is on the run again. More supernatural beings come into the story in this one (now even Kitty has to believe in more than werewolves and vampires and she had enough trouble believing in them). Kitty is a likeable character, even though in the first book she done a lot of whining, but all new pups whine a lot and she gets more independent and likeable as story goes along. The third book was so enthralling that I couldn't put it down. If you like the Charlene Harris and Kim Harrison books, you will also like this series. Story is set in Denver in the beginning book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long-Time Listener, First-Time Werewolf (Kitty Norville Series), December 9, 2008

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This review is from: Long-Time Listener, First-Time Werewolf (Kitty Norville Series) (Hardcover)

I love this book plus it gives me a new story in the series I did not have.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Start!, December 9, 2009

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Lisa A. Richards "alterlisa" (Granite Falls, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long-Time Listener, First-Time Werewolf (Kitty Norville Series) (Hardcover)

Loved this series and especially loved that I had the first three books in one volume. Kitty is a kickass character that matures and finds that she can be her own woman, er werewolf. If you love werewolf stories don't miss this series. It is action packed and after finishing one book(even at 2 in the morning) you will be glad that you have the next one already in your hand.