Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 2)

In the second installment of the Sookie Stackhouse books, Sookie and vampire boyfriend, Bill, fly to Dallas to investigate the disappearance of a member of a Dallas vampire family. She is quickly in over her head, but manages to get herself out of as much of the trouble as Bill does. I like that in a female lead. With a boyfriend as powerful as a vampire, the write could be tempted to let him solve everything. Kudos to Harris for not doing that.

We don't really learn anything new about our main characters, with possibly the exception of Sam, Sookie’s boss and friend. But that's nothing major and could have been thrown into a different story. It's a quick, fun read that's not at all taxing on the brain.

Sometimes you just need one of those.