The Laughing Corpse - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 2 (Unabridged‪)‬

Raising the dead is an ordinary part of Anita’s job, but all the money in the world isn’t enough for her to take on one that requires murder. Somebody else did, though, and it’s up to her to stop it …

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter for Animators, Inc., is offered a cool million to raise a 283-year-old corpse. But she knows that the older the zombie, the bigger the death needed to raise it. Only a human sacrifice is 'big' enough to raise this old soul – and Anita’s no murderer.

Now, a creature from beyond the grave is tearing a swath of murder through St. Louis. And Anita will learn that there are some secrets better left buried – and some people better off dead …