Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris - Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire 9 - first edition hcdj

DEAD AND GONE by CHARLAINE HARRIS
Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire mystery #9

The weres and shifters have finally decided to reveal their existence to the ordinary world. At first all goes well. Then the mutilated body of a were-panther is found near the bar where Sookie works—and she feels compelled to discover who, human or otherwise, did it.

But there’s a far greater danger threatening Bon Temps. A race of unhuman beings—older, more powerful, and more secretive than vampires or werewolves—is preparing for war. And Sookie finds herself an all-too human pawn in their battle.