Better than some of the other stories that have turned up recently in this series, this, though, has several layers of What and Why going on.
Anita turns up in work (shocker!) to find a head delivered to her. The head is that of a police officer in Las Vegas. She knows who it is and goes to Las Vegas to hunt. She's joined by Edward (Anita Blakes' Dexter) and Olaf (who has some seriously skin crawling psycho moments here) and Bernardo Spotted Horse, all of whom are determined to hunt down Vittorio the Vampire and kill him.
There's a lot less sex than usual (or I'm getting better at glossing over it) but there's plenty of the Anita "I'm better than everyone at this job" attitude and her overpowered abilities.
Well we learn that Anita has depths she hasn't plumbed and that Otto is squicking her out, I think we also learn that Jean Claude is curious how many men exactly Anita needs in her harem.
It's pretty typical but this time there is an actual thriller part and some tension that has nothing to do with sex.
 - Laurell K. Hamilton)
