Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison

I have been in the mood recently for horror/fantasy genre. I have never been much into vampires, werewilves or witch stories, but I picked up a copy of Dime Store Magic back in May and have been reading mostly dark fantasy/horror since.
This book was written by a new author who I have to admit I adore.
The premise is that mythical creatures-witches, vampires, fairies, pixies, etc have always existed. There was a horrible disease spread by tomatoes in the 1950's which killed off a siginificant portion of the human population leaving mythical creatures the freedom to come out into the open. Humans-somewhat freaked out-moved to urban areas leaving more rural areas open to the mythical creatures. In Cincinnati- where the story takes place-the mythical beings live in the Hollows.
Rachel Morgan-the heroine-works as a bounty hunter/detective for Interland Security-the mythical creatures police/FBI type organization. IS is in direct competetituion with FIB which is humans version of the same organization. Rachel leaves the corrupt IS and joins forces with Ivy-a heriditary alive vampire who is infatuated with her and Jink-a pixie with too many children. The IS threatens Rachel and in an attempt to gain leverage to leave IS with her life intact she tries to find evidence that a prominent not-quite-human congressman is running illgeal bio-weapons.
The story is hilarious, the characters are fully fleshed out and very real. I can not wait until the next installment in this series.
~~~~Where ever you go, There you are!