Cerulean Sins

Cerulean Sins  

2003 US hardcover edition
Author(s) Laurell K. Hamilton
Cover artist Craig White (US editions)
Country United States
Language English
Series Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
Genre(s) mystery, horror, Erotic novel
Publisher Berkley Books (Berkley edition)
Publication date 2003 (Berkley edition)
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 405 pp (Berkley edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-425-18836-1 (Berkley edition)
OCLC Number 51150692
Dewey Decimal 813/.54 21
LC Classification PS3558.A443357 C4 2003
Preceded by Narcissus in Chains
Followed by Incubus Dreams

Cerulean Sins is the eleventh in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of horror/mystery/erotica novels by Laurell K. Hamilton.

Contents

Plot introduction

Cerulean Sins continues the adventures of Anita Blake. In this novel, Anita continues to try to bring some order to her personal life, while simultaneously confronting a power play by Jean-Claude's vampire master, Belle Morte and attempting to solve a series of brutal killings by an unidentified shapeshifter. As with the other later novels in the series, Cerulean Sins blends elements of supernatural, detective, and erotic fiction.

Explanation of the title

The meaning of the title is not apparent, but may refer at least in part to the sheets in Jean-Claude's bed, which Anita refers to several times as cerulean blue in this novel, and to the activities that occur in that bed.

May also refer to Asher's eyes, which Anita describe as cerulean blue, seeing as the novel has a very Asher-oriented plotline.

It was suggested by Laurell K. Hamilton that Cerulean Sins was the name of another of Jean-Claude's businesses, a store dealing in lingerie and other 'adult' products. However, this was deemed too racy for the books and eliminated before publishing.

Plot summary

Characters in Cerulean Sins

Major characters

Cerulean Sins features the following major characters.

Other characters

Recurring characters include:

Non-recurring characters include: Two werewolves that were used to track the rapist who was an alpha werewolf from a different country.

The death toll in Cerulean Sins includes: Four murder victims, three women and one man. The man was running from something and his death was a message for others who had tried to hide. The other three were unrelated but by the same bad guy who died in the end after Anita received an execution order for him. He had slaughtered the three women, reduced them to handfuls of meat and other body parts, essentially painting the wall with their blood. (2 police officers also die while trying to apprehend the suspect)

Major themes

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