Publisher's Blurb:

" 'You can't trust anyone who sleeps with monsters.'

That's what Anita Blake had always believed. But now she was sharing a bed with the Master Vampire of the city. So when an arsonist began to target vampire victims, the creatures of the night turned to their former enemy. For now only "The Executioner" could save them from the inferno... "

"It's often hard to tell the good from the evil. Just ask Anita Blake. She seems to be developing a soft spot in her heart for vampires-one in particular. So, when an arsonist's fires begin licking at St. Louis's undead, it's up to Anita to save the very monsters she's sworn to destroy."

Publication Date:

Hardcover - December 4, 2007
Paperback - September 2002(Jove)
Paperback- May 1998 (Ace)

ISBN:

0-425-21884-8 (Jove HC), 0-515-13447-3 (Jove PB)

Covers and Cover Art:

The above cover was from the 2002 paperback republication of the book. The artist is Craig White. Additional cover designs for North America and the UK can be seen here.

Synopsis:

Burnt Offerings continues the adventures of Anita Blake as she attempts to solve a series of arsons and other crimes, and deal with a threat to her lover, Jean-Claude, as he fends off a political challenge from the Vampire Council.

For a more detailed plot summary of the book, see here

Primary Characters:

Anita Blake
Jean-Claude
Richard Zeeman

Recurring Characters:

Larry Kirkland
Ronnie Sims
Dolph Storr
Zerbrowski
Tammy Reynolds
Detective Clive Perry
Irving Griswold
Jason Schuyler
Jamil
Stephen Dietrich
Sylvie Barker
Gregory Dietrich
Elizabeth
Rafael
Dr. Lillian
Louie Fane
Raina (munin)
Liv
Willie McCoy
Damian
Ernie - a human flunky

New Characters:

Captain Pete McKinnon
Nathaniel Graison
Kevin
Lorraine
Teddy
Zane
Asher
Yvette
Balthasar
Warrick
Hannah - Willie's girlfriend, aka 'Angel Fangs'
Vivian
Cherry
Padma
Fernando - Padma's wererat son
Traveller
Gwen
Harry
Gideon
Thomas Carstairs
Padgett
Roy Smith
Caroline
Fulton, Tucker, Wren - firefighters

Character Deaths:

Yvette
Warrick
Fernando
Liv
Harry?

Important Revelations:

• These should be in point form
• like this

Explanation of the Title:

The book is named for a vampire bar/theme restaurant location in the story.

"As you walked through the doors there was a poster from the 1970s movie Burnt Offerings. Oliver Reed and Bette Davis staring down at you. There was a life-size waxwork of Christopher Lee as Dracula in the bar. There was one wall with framed caricatures of horror stars of the sixties and seventies, floor to ceiling, no tables allowed to obstruct the view." page 162

(The fictional restaurant is itself named after the real-world 1976 haunted house movie, Burnt Offerings.)

Information on this Page has been Gathered from the Following Sources:

1. LKH at Penguin Putnam Publishing
2. Burnt Offerings on Wikipedia
3. Burnt Offerings, the novel.

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