The continuation of Charlaine Harris's bestselling vampire novel "Dead Until Dark", also known for its screen adaptation in "True Blood" TV-series. The books describe an alternate history which assumes that the supernatural is real and that vampires have only been public knowledge for a couple of years.
A Touch of Dead is a collection of short stories. This book only contains the short stories Harris has published in which Sookie Stackhouse is present:
"Fairy Dust" (a short-story continuing the narrative of Book 4 - Dead to the World)
"One Word Answer" (a short-story continuing the narrative of Book 4 - Dead to the World)
"Dracula Night" (a short-story continuing the narrative of Book 7 - All Together Dead)
"Lucky" (a short-story continuing the narrative of Book 8 - From Dead to Worse)
"Gift Wrap" (a short-story continuing the narrative of Book 8 - From Dead to Worse)
Extras (a Sookie-universe story without the character of Sookie Stackhouse):
"Dancers in the Dark" (a short-story continuing the narrative of Book 4 - Dead to the World)
"Bacon" (a short-story continuing the narrative of Book 9 - Dead and Gone)
Dead in the Family is the 11th book in the series to be released in May, 2010.