Club Dead by Charlaine Harris

This third novel in the Southern Vampire Series is where it really gets good to me. This book adds other supernaturals in a good way. First, Bill is called away for work-but he has been very distant lately caught up in his work. He is doing some very time intensive secret and possibly dangerous work for the "Queen of Louisiana". Sookie is hurt and bewildered by Bill's seemingly distant behavior. She is also not sure where his disappearance and their odd relationship leaves her in relation to the local vampires-especially Eric who has been not very subtly chasing her since he met her. Bill acted as her protection-kind of-from the interests of local vampires. Then one evening Eric shows up with the news that Bill has disappeared-but before jumping ship he dumped her for his ex. Ouch. Sookie agrees to take on the case of looking for him and in walks Alcide a vbery sexy werewolve who's father owes the local vampires alot of money and is working off his fathers debt by taking Sookie around as his girlfriend to local vampire bars to help her look for Bill.
I like Alcide alot and was never too impressed with Bill. However, the action really gets good when Sookie finds Bill and her "role" as Alcides pretend girlfriend seems to straddle the fence between pretend and reality.
~~~~Where ever you go, There you are!