• Skin Trade, by Laurell K. Hamilton, copyright 2009; Berkley/Penguin Group (USA) Inc., Penguin Books Ltd.; June 2009; ISBN-13: 978-0-425-22772-5.

  This is the seventeenth volume in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter. Again, I'm more interested in the paranormal metaphysics and the monster killing than the sex.

• Where Serpents Sleep, a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery.
• What Angel's Fear, a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery.
• Relentless
• The Gripping Hand
• Bone Crossed
• Slaves of the Shinar

• Mistral's Kiss, by Laurell K. Hamilton, copyright © 2006; Ballantine Books/The Random House Publishing Group/ Random House, Inc., mass market edition 2007; ISBN 978-0-345-44361-8.
• A Lick of Frost, by Laurell K. Hamilton, copyright © 2007; Ballantine Books/The Random House Publishing Group/ Random House, Inc., mass market edition 2008; ISBN 978-345-49591-4.

Two more entertaining entries in Hamilton's Meredith Gentry series.

• The Outlaw Demon Wails, by Kim Harrison, copyright © 2008; EOS/HarperCollinsPublishers [1]; December 2008; 1st printing; ISBN 978-0-06-114982-5.

  Another enjoyable entry in Harrison's Books of the Hollows series.

• Hunter's Prayer, by Lilith Saintcrow, copyright 2008; Orbit/Hachette Book Group USA; First Edition: September 2008; ISBN-10: 0-316-00176-7, ISBN-13: 978-0-316-00176-2.

  The second in Saintcrow's new series. Enjoyed it too.

• Night Shift, by Lilith Saintcrow, copyright 2008; Orbit/Hachette Book Group USA; First Edition: July 2008, 2nd printing; ISBN-10: 0-316-00178-3, ISBN-13: 978—0-316-00178-6.

  The first in a new series by Saintcrow, in a slightly different world, so far as I can tell. I enjoyed it.

• Cry Wolf, “An Alpha and Omega Novel”, by Patricia Briggs, copyright 2008 by Hurog, Inc.; Ace/The Berkley Publishing Group/The Penguin Group/Penguin Group (USA) Inc.; Ace mass market edition August 2008, 1st printing; ISBN-13: 978-0-441-01615-0.

  This is a spin-off from Brigg's Mercy Thompson series, and judging from the “An Alpha and Omega Novel” it's the start of a new series. I'll be looking for further volumes.

• Jhegaala, by Steven Brust, copyright 2008; Tor/Tom Doherty Associates, LLC; First Edition: July 2008, 1st printing; ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-0147-5; ISBN-10: 0-7653-0147-4.

  Visiting with an old friend is always a treat. I think I've reread the whole “Vlad Taltos” series and all the “Khaavren Romances” and Brokedown Palace within the last couple of years. (I ought ought check.) It's interesting to see how varied the “Taltos” novels are, despite mostly having one main character, how consistent the voice of the “Khaavren Romances” is, and how different from the others Brokedown Palace is. If I ever get my library out of boxes I really need to reread all his other books.

  The “Vlad Taltos” books are good individually, but even better as a whole, much like Kenneth Bulmer's “Dray Prescot” books, which I only really began to appreciate once I had the whole run and could read them in sequence.

• The Harlequin, copyright 2007 by Laurell K. Hamilton; Jove Books/The Berkely Publishing Group/The Pengiun Group, May 2008; ISBN 978-0-515-14461-1.

  Another entry in Hamilton's “Anita Blake” series. Still worth reading.