a new omnibus with two of kim harrison's bestselling 'witch'series!dead witch walking and the good,the bad and the undead....bounty hunter cum witch rachel morgan calls the hollows,the menacing,magical section of cincinnati,her home-as do all the supernatural beings spawned from the angel virus,the great plague that killed much of humanity....
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New York Times bestselling Kim Harrison was born and raised in the upper Midwest, but has since fled south to better avoid snow. After gaining her bachelors in the sciences, she moved to South Carolina, where she has remained since. When not at work in the Hollows series, she spends her time tending orchids, cooking with some guy in leather, and training her new dog. Her current vices include good chocolate, and exquisite sushi. She is a member of both the Romance Writers of America and The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Her bestselling novels include Dead Witch Walking; The Good, The Bad, and The Undead; Every Which Way But Dead; A Fistful of Charms; and For a Few Demons More.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining, fun, original stories,
This review is from: This Witch for Hire (Dead Witch Walking - The Good, the Bad, and the Undead) (Hardcover)
This books is a two book compilation: Dead Witch Walking, and The Good, The Bad, and The Undead. The writer, Kim Harrison, combines horror, gothic, detective and fantasy genres, effectively producing 2 greatly entertaining stories. She creates a world where witches, vampires, pixies, fairies, werewolves, trolls, et al are common. In fact, due to a tomato virus plague that wiped out most of the humans, the supernatural creatures now outnumber humans.
Our story heroine is a witch bounty hunter private detective who is partnered with a female vampire and a male pixie. In the first book, she resigns from a federal agency and immediately gets on the agency's assassinate list. In the second book, somebody (or thing) is killing witches and our heroine has to solve the murders, make a living, as well as keep her vampire partner from eating her. Highly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great series!,
By Judy Smith "judylynnsbooks" (jamestown, ky United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: This Witch for Hire (Dead Witch Walking - The Good, the Bad, and the Undead) (Hardcover)
I usually don't read this type of book. I'm more into female sleuth and cozy mysteries, but after reading the Charlaine Harris vampire mysteries (now on HBO called True Blood), and loving them, I decided to try this series. I'm sure glad I did. I have read every one of them straight through and can't wait til the next one. My daughter says she can't believe I read these since I don't believe in vampires, witches, werewolves, etc, but if I believed in them, I don't think I could read the books about them. I'd be too scared! This series has people you can relate too (yes, even the vampires), and I love that little pixy family. Since pixies only live for 20 years, I'm just dreading the thought they will die in one of the stories....I know it's fiction but I'm becoming so fond of them. There's humor which keeps me reading them. And believe it or not this witch isn't afraid of poking fun at the everafter characters...even when they threaten to send her to the everafter. Don't let the cover picture on dust jacket throw you. The main character is completely serious and very likeable. Hey, you'll even like the vampires and all the rest of the characters you always heard was so bad. Okay, maybe I'm reading them for the humor but what the heck, I have to have some reason to tell to my daughter or she will think I'm becoming "weird" (her favorite word). Here's one example of the humor in the book...it kind of sneaks up on you. The main character, Rachel, the witch is going after some bad guys and she leaves the house with her splat gun (which contains sleeping potions, she's not allowed a real gun) with her pixy partner on her shoulder (he's 6 inches tall and carrying his teeny sword). She hikes up her britches and thinks, "yes, we bad." A one liner that tickled my fancy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The beginnings of my favorite series,
By VampireNovelFan "VampireNovelFan" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: This Witch for Hire (Dead Witch Walking - The Good, the Bad, and the Undead) (Hardcover)
DEAD WITCH WALKING
Dead Witch Walking introduces us to the different, but not so different world that is The Hollows. Half of the human population has been wiped out due to a genetically altered tomato epidemic (known as The Turn), and the Inderlander species--comprised of witches, vampires, werewolves, pixies, fairies, demons, and more--come out of hiding to help rebuild society. This book is the first person perspective of one of those species, Rachel Morgan. Not surprisingly based on the title, she is a witch who is a bounty hunter for a law enforcement-like agency known as the I.S. (Inderlander Security). Unhappy, she strikes out on her own to start her own runner business and is joined by vampire Ivy Tamwood, and her pixie partner, Jenks. The I.S. is none too happy about Rachel taking the vampire with her, so now she's got a bounty on her own head. While overall this series is my favorite, this book is actually one of my least favorites. Sure, like with every Hollows book I've read, there is something or another that I love, but I actually put this book down before I could get to that part. I read it for a bit, put it down for a while, and then my best friend (who was farther along than me at the time) had to bug me to keep reading since supposedly the future books got better. Well, I was so glad to have heeded her advice. One day I picked it back up, we got to Kalamack's office and that was all she wrote. I am now an avid Hollows enthusiast since 2005. I love Rachel's character. She is so likable, fun, and funny, simply trying the make the best of the situation she was given. Jenks is such an amazing side kick and it's always amusing imagining him cracking some sort of vulgar joke. Ivy's pretty kick-ass too. So I warn you that if you have problems finishing this book, please keep it up. It gets so much better (especially by book 3 which is hands-down my favorite until the more recent book 9) and it's really one of the best urban fantasy series you're going to find. I've been reading up a storm lately, so I know. Very few have such an amazing amount of world building, dynamic characters, and an unpredictable plot. It also probably helps that my personal preference tends to be lighter urban fantasy instead of dark urban fantasy. This book is a 3/5, but I rate the series as a whole like Rachel rates Trent's backside, a 9.5/10. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNDEAD The second installment of the Rachel Morgan/Hollows series takes place a few months where Dead Witch Walking left off. Rachel's settling into her freelance career, her roommate situation with Ivy, and her Pixie sidekick, Jenks. She accepts a contract to investigate a wave of witch murders and she goes undercover to spy on her former professor. Rachel suspects Trent Kalamack--murdering drug lord and businessman extraordinaire--of the murders. She's still none to keen on when he trapped her in his office as a mink. We learn a bit more about Trent in this book, answering a good deal of questions from the first book. I thought this book overall was a little more gruesome than the first book in its description of the bodies. It reminded me a bit more of other dark urban fantasy and horror books. The action and wit are definitely on par, keeping the series from being overly dark. Personally, I was bored out of my skull with her relationship with Nick. It's sort of hard to trust someone you meet in the rat pits, but what can you do? The romance in this book is sort of blah, at least until the end when things get...interesting to say the least. Overall, I liked this book tons more than Dead Witch Walking. I originally put that book down until I was badgered to finish it and keep reading by a friend. I didn't have the same issue with book 2. I read it fairly quickly and by the end I wanted to get my hands on Book 3 ASAP!! As a long time Hollows fan, it's really fun to think back on how I felt about each of these books, which eventually led to this becoming my favorite series.
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