Запретный плод. Анита Блейк - охотница на вампиров

The first novel in the Anita Blake series, blending the "hard-boiled detective" tradition with vampire and occult themes.

Two years ago, the Supreme Court ruled against killing vampires just because they were vampires. Now they can be deprived of their existence only by a court verdict. But someone starts killing vampires again, and the police are investigating with coolness. The master of the city's vampires seeks the help of the most competent specialist - Anita Blake, among the vampires called the Slayer. But Anita does not like vampires, and this is mutual - she got her nickname because of those fourteen vampires whom she laid to rest forever...

Gefren Prize, 2005