Living Dead In Dallas ~ Charlaine Harris

This is the second book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. In this book, Sookie has to go to Dallas to help the leader of the vampires there solve a mystery, as part of her agreement with Eric, the local leader of the vampires. While in Dallas, Sookie runs up against a group that is against legalized vampires, and also meets some local shape shifters. Once Sookie returns home she still has a murder that is not yet solved and other strange occurrences that she must figure out.