Dead until Dark

The first book in the series that True Blood is based on. I've never watched True Blood and don't really consider myself that interested in vampires, but I gave the first few books in this series to my Grandma for Christmas one year, and in true Grandma fashion, she read them and gave them back to me. So in case you've been living under this rock with me, here's the scoop. Sookie is a telepathic waitress in a Louisiana bar, who ends up making friends with a vampire named Bill. There have been a string of murders in town, and the townspeople are convinced that one of the local vampires committed the crimes. Although Sookie has made it her mission to not listen into people's minds, her brother and Bill convince her that listening to her patron's thoughts may be the only way to find out who the killer is. I thought it was an interesting read that moved pretty quickly, and I'll probably read the sequel since I already have it.