Complete Vampire Chronicles (Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the body Thief)

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For the first time you can find all your favorite night-stalking, blood-guzzling undead--Lestat, Claudia, Louis, Akasha, Armand, and Memnoch--all in the same place at the same time. Here, collected in one box-set, are the four bestselling, original titles of Anne Rice's sprawling vampire series.

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Beautiful Box Set but Incomplete.......2007-10-01

For any Anne Rice Vampire fans you cannot go past this beautiful Box Set with modern artwork cover designs. My only complaint is why on earth isn't the Fifth and final volume of the central plot Vampire Chronicles (before all those spin-offs) included??? The fifth and final volume "Memnoch the Devil" should definitely be included in the Box Set without which it is simply NOT complete when the finale ends nicely with Lestat's famous last words:

I am the Vampire Lestat. Let me pass now from fiction into legend.

THE END

9:43 February 28, 1994 Adieu, mon amour.

Lestat Rocks My Boring World!.......2007-09-16

Everyone else has basically described all four of these books for the most part, so let me make my review brief and to the point. Interview, Lestat, and Tale of the Body Thief were my favorite books of the four in the chronicles. Queen of the Damned, however was long, slow, and so detailed that it was the only book I managed to lose my attention to in streaks, and I have listened to them all unabridged, on tape, at work.

Sure, her books are a bit overrated, but they are also well-written and entertaining. Rice gives our dark heroes so much humanity that one can't help being attracted by them enough to want to become one as well at times. Nowhere is this point made more concise than by her favorite character, Lestat. I wish mortal men were as cool and insightful as "the brat prince!" Great, imaginative fun. Frank Muller's narration of the audio books is second to none.

Fantastic Reading!!!.......2007-09-16

I'm not big on vampire books but Anne Rice writes in such a way that you truly believe they are real people with real lives and all the thoughts and feelings we all have. In addition, they struggle with the issues of immortality and there are many.

great books from anne rice.......2007-01-28

i bought these books for my teen she couldnt put them down till they were all read anne rice is a great author

Thought provoking but belaboured.......2006-09-29

I would certainly recommend anyone who has an interest in this genre to read these books. Rice raises some very interesting concepts from the mind of the vampire. My only gripe (and a friend feels the same way) is that Rice tends to ramble - padding out relatively meaningless stuff, or stuff that you've already gleaned the concept of after two lines. I found myself skipping paragraphs & pages, which was detrimental to the flow. With some judicious editing and condensing they would be worthy of 5 stars. The fourth book doesn't quite hold up to the stds set with the first three...might be worth finding the trilogy.

The Tale of the Body Thief (Vampire Chronicles)

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The Tale of the Body Thief (Vampire Chronicles)
Anne Rice
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Release Date: 1993-09-01

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It's been said that Vladimir Nabokov's best novels are the ones he wrote after starting a failed novel. Anne Rice wrote The Body Thief, the fourth thrilling episode of her Vampire Chronicles, right after she spent a long time poring over that most romantic of horror novels, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, to research a novel Rice abandoned about an artificial man. Perhaps as a result of Shelley's influence, The Body Thief is far more psychologically penetrating than its predecessors, with a laser-like focus on a single tormented soul. Oh, we meet some wild new characters, and Rice's toothsome vampire-hero Lestat zooms around the globe--as is his magical habit--from Miami to the Gobi desert, but he's in such despair that he trades his immortal body to a con man named Raglan James, who offers him in return two days of strictly mortal bliss.

Lestat has always had a faulty impulse-control valve, and it gets him in truly intriguing trouble this time. On the plus side, he gets to experience romance with a nun and orange juice--"thick like blood, but full of sweetness." But Lestat is horrified by an uncommon cold, and his toilet training proves traumatic. He's also got to catch Raglan James, who has no intention of giving up his dishonestly acquired new superpowered body. Lestat enlists the help of David Talbot, a mortal in the Talamasca, a secret society of immortal watchers described in Queen of the Damned.

The swapping of bodies and supernatural stories is choice, and there's even a moral: never give a bloodsucker an even break. --Tim Appelo

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"A wonderfully mesmerizing adventure, delving into the convoluted mind of one of modern fiction's most famous anti-heroes, the vampire Lestat. Rice's writing is elegant and thought-provoking and her story is a gem."
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For centuries Lestat has been a courted prince in the universe of the dead. Now he is alone and everything he once believed in seems false. So he embarks on a dangerous journey to destroy his doubts and loneliness forever....

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Very pleased.......2007-10-04

I was very happy with the condition of the item and how fast it came

Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

Some time has passed since the Queen of the Damned, and Lestat is a bit depressed. He tries to get a tan, but that doesn't work, and he can't talk his best human friend into becoming a vamp.

Thereafter we get a triangle, after the Body Thief turns up, and offers to switch bodies with Lestat, then Talbot gets a turn at youth, etc. Eventually Lestat gets mad, and does away with BT and turns Talbot.

A significant drop in quality from the first three books.

Quite a Tale indeed!.......2007-08-10

Even if you haven't read the previous three novels, you can read and enjoy this one to the fullest! Anne Rice continues her and our journey into the world of the vampire with another addition to The Vampire Chronicles! This time, its all on Lestat and his mortal friend David Talbot, pretty much all by themselves!

Lestat longs to be human and mortal again, so when a body thief named Raglan James approaches him with the offer to switch bodies, he gladly accepts! Despite repeated warnings from Talbot, his dear immortal companion Louie, and even Mr. James himself, Lestat cannot refuse. Once the switch is made is when the real fun begins!

Lestat quickly realizes that being mortal is something he has forgotten and what follows is elements of humor, despair, and even bits of romance. It was this reletively quick and small love story that surprised me with this reading. Anne Rice is one to point out that the way Vampires love is dramatically different than humans, and that is why having Lestat re-discover true "human" love was quite a new twist and something I'm glad Rice did.

Above all, I feel that Rice had a deeper message within this novel on top of the story of Lestat. Be thankful and be happy with the life you have now, because you never know when it could be gone. Lestat was taken out of his mortal world by force the first time, and it is with this tale, he learns that he has grown to accept and even love the new life he has as a member of the "Dark Children."

Wonderfully crafted novel, and a true step up from the previous "Queen of the Damned." I highly recommend it for all fans of reading.

Not that bad.......2007-06-24

This was not a bad book, but not that special either. I found the whole introduction to the Body Thief and who he was (the first half of the novel) rather unneccary,as the title and the summary already had made that clear. I liked the pages about sunlight, laughed during Lestat's first night as a human again, disliked Grethchen the Nun (but nevertheless cried at their seeing again when he's back a vampire), absolutely loved but also cried during the scene where he seeks help from Louis and Louis rejects him outrightly and you have Lestat crying in the rain, saying "I don't want to stay human, I don't want to save my soul". I really loved that part, and that's the whole fourth star.

The Best Vampire Chronicles Since "Interview with the Vampire.".......2007-06-19

Anne Rice has a bad habit of concocting terrific plot ideas and not carrying them out in the best way possible. Sadly, her writing tends to be tedious and dull...Up until now, I've felt her only 5-star novel was "Interview with the Vampire." The 2nd entry in The Vampire Chronicles, "The Vampire Lestat" was pretty good and "The Queen of the Damned" was too drawn out; I wasn't expecting much from "The Tale of the Body Thief." Incredibly, this is the best novel in The Vampire Chronicles since "Interview with the Vampire" and it may even be better, but it's been so many years since I read that novel I can't be sure. Narrating this tale is Rice's immortal anti-hero Lestat de Lioncourt, who has been spending his time in Miami hunting serial killers by hacking into the police mainframe via computer. The last time we saw Lestat in "Queen of the Damned" he had joined a(nother) coven with Louis, Armand, Pandora, Marius, and others. Now, the coven has broken up and Lestat passes time by hunting and speaking with his mortal friend David Talbot, Superior General of the Talamasca (a group that investigates otherworldly events). Then, something strange happens. A man, a mortal man, has managed to track down Lestat in three places and has been handing him short stories before running away. Lestat is getting angry that his space is being invaded by a mortal and soon confronts the man named Raglan James, a body thief. James has been following Lestat with a proposition in mind. They trade bodies for two days, so Lestat can see what it's like to be mortal again and James can find out what it's like to be a vampire. Despite everyone's warnings, Lestat accepts this offer...It soon becomes one of Rice's most entertaining novels and rarely has Lestat been this humorous. Lestat is soon confronted with the sicknesses and weaknesses of the human body, as well as falling in love with a nun named Gretchen. Doing what Dean Koontz has done countless times, Rice also gives Lestat a dog named Mojo, who is just as memorable as Koontz' Einstein and Wolfer. It seems that Rice had some sudden burst of creativity while writing this novel, because she also inserts quite a few surprising plot twists (not something she's usually known for). My favorite passages of her novels have always been when Lestat is with characters like Louis and David and there's plenty of that here. I mentioned in my review for "The Queen of the Damned" that the best part of the novel was the last 15 pages where Lestat and Louis were merely walking around. Some of the best passages of this novel are with Louis and Lestat conversing. If all The Vampire Chronicles were like this, I'd have no problem considering Rice one of my favorite writers.

GRADE: A-

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Tale of the Body Thief
Anne Rice
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Interview with the Vampire + The Vampire Lestat + The Queen of the Damned + The Tale of the Body Thief + Memnoch the Devil (THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES - Numbered, Signed Limited Edition, 5 Volume Matched Set)

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Interview with the Vampire + The Vampire Lestat + The Queen of the Damned + The Tale of the Body Thief + Memnoch the Devil (THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES - Numbered, Signed Limited Edition, 5 Volume Matched Set)

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5 Titles in Vampire Chronicles By Anne Rice - Vampire Lestat - Tale of the Body Thief - Queen of the Damned - Merrick - Blackwood Farm

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5 Titles in Vampire Chronicles By Anne Rice - Vampire Lestat - Tale of the Body Thief - Queen of the Damned - Merrick - Blackwood Farm
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6 Anne Rice Novels, Hardcovers - Feast of All Saints, Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, Witching Hour, Tale of the Body Thief, Lasher

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6 Anne Rice Novels, Hardcovers - Feast of All Saints, Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, Witching Hour, Tale of the Body Thief, Lasher
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6 Anne Rice Novels, Hardcovers - Feast of All Saints, Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, Witching Hour, Tale of the Body Thief, Lasher Binding: Hardcover Publication date: 1979-1993

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Was there something more criminal than grand theft auto involved in the disappearance of Nina Reilly's truck--and the legal files locked inside it? When confidential information from those files that could endanger Nina's clients and destroy her reputation surfaces, it begins to look as though someone wants to put the feisty Lake Tahoe attorney out of business. There's no shortage of suspects, including a policewoman who blames Nina for short-circuiting her promotion, a client with a guilty secret who's convinced it was Nina's negligence that lost his custody case, and a rival attorney who's seething over all the high-profile clients he's lost because of Nina's growing prominence. With help from her ex-husband, a legal malpractice specialist, and her lover, who's also her investigator, Reilly races the clock to get to the bottom of the smear campaign and save her license to practice in this smart, sexy thriller that makes the most of the author's gifts of clever plotting, characterization, and dramatic tension. Reilly, a single mom whose personal life is as chaotic as her career, is a series heroine who gets more interesting with every new adventure. The conclusion of this one, the author's eighth, finds Reilly pointed in a new direction with plenty of interesting possibilities for the future. --Jane Adams

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It’s the moment every attorney fears most...one careless moment that threatens careers, reputations, lives. For Nina Reilly, it will change everything—and ignite a case where her own clients are witnesses against her...and where the defendant is Nina herself.

As an attorney championing desperate people, Nina Reilly has skirted the edges of legal ethics in pursuit of a just result, but she has never before broken the rule of absolute protection of her clients’ secrets. One September night in Lake Tahoe when her unlocked truck is stolen, her life changes forever. Gone are her most sensitive case files, complete with the sometimes brutally candid notes she took while interviewing her clients.

It’s every attorney’s nightmare. And now the worst has happened: The secrets are being revealed, one by one, in ways that will cause the greatest harm. Nina’s own clients complain to the State Bar of California, and suddenly Nina is fighting for her license and her livelihood in a legal proceeding that may ultimately lead her to disbarment. In desperation, Nina turns to her ex-husband, celebrated San Francisco lawyer Jack McIntyre, to represent her.

And as personal tensions erupt between McIntyre and Nina’s sometime boyfriend, private investigator Paul van Wagoner...as reputations are ruined and people begin to die...a chilling pattern of rage and revenge comes into focus. Someone is bent on destroying the lives of Nina’s clients and, in the process, Nina Reilly.

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It's the moment every attorney fears most... one careless moment that threatens careers, reputations, lives. For Nina Reilly, it will change everything—and ignite a case where her own clients are witnesses against her... and where the defendant is Nina herself.

As an attorney championing desperate people, Nina Reilly has skirted the edges of legal ethics in pursuit of a just result, but she has never before broken the rule of absolute protection of her clients' secrets. One September night in Lake Tahoe when her unlocked truck is stolen, her life changes forever. Gone are her most sensitive case files, complete with the sometimes brutally candid notes she took while interviewing her clients.

It's every attorney's nightmare. And now the worst has happened: The secrets are being revealed, one by one, in ways that will cause the greatest harm. Nina's own clients complain to the State Bar of California, and suddenly Nina is fighting for her license and her livelihood in a legal proceeding that may ultimately lead her to disbarment. In desperation, Nina turns to her ex-husband, celebrated San Francisco lawyer Jack McIntyre, to represent her.

And as personal tensions erupt between McIntyre and Nina's sometime boyfriend, private investigator Paul van Wagoner... as reputations are ruined and people begin to die... a chilling pattern of rage and revenge comes into focus. Someone is bent on destroying the lives of Nina's clients and, in the process, Nina Reilly.

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A Lawyer's Nightmare.......2004-05-18

For the legal thriller addict, Unfit To Practice is an interesting fix. The O'Shaughnessy sisters pen a tale that is entertainingly suspenseful. Nina Reilly, a small town lawyer has her vehicle stolen and with it the files of three of her clients. The sensitive files apparently fall into the wrong hands. The book details the subsequent fallout.

I found Ms. Reilly's ethical dilemmas realistic. This was the first O'Shaughnessy novel I have read, so I am unable to compare it with previous Reilly reads. Although the story is a bit too touchy-feely for my general liking - one reviewer described the book as a "chick-flip" - and certainly not the best legal thriller I have read, I was entertained and plan on reading another Reilly novel.

Mediocre 8th entry in Nina Reilly series lacks suspense.......2004-01-21

Sisters Pamela and Mary O'Shaughnessy, writing as "Perri", have obviously developed a fan base with seven prior defense attorney Nina Reilly stories. Unfortunately for us, this was our first try by the women, and we seem to have been stuck with one of their poorer efforts. The most exciting thing to happen in the plot was Nina's Bronco being stolen, complete with three confidential client files in the back seat. When all three cases suddenly go sour, and lead to a State Bar hearing against Nina, were we supposed to be surprised? Ex-husband Jack, whom, as a lawyer's lawyer, Nina hires to defend her, and current lover Paul, her regular investigator (she's otherwise a one-lawyer shop, with just Sandy as a secretary), bicker the whole book long in a juvenile attempt to attract Nina's attention and compete with each other: wow! The last third of the book is the disbarment hearing -- and guess who wins. Of course Nina comes up heroine as the Bronco thief is discovered, and then, boom, the authors end this 450 page book with more information in the last 4 pages than the whole rest of the book put together.

We usually enjoy lawyer stories which is what prompted us to try this novel. We were disappointed by the trivial storyline, the complete lack of suspense, and characters who spent most of the time acting like adolescents. Truthfully, we didn't even develop much interest in or sympathy for Nina, who must have avowed her love for the law and her desire to defend the underdog like half a dozen times -- please, we get the drift.

Maybe some of the other O'Shaughnessy books are more fun, but these authors have a long way to go to approach the likes of Turow or Scottoline. Try them instead.

Unfit for reading.......2003-11-27

Slow moving story ... boring read. Total waste of time. Half-way through the book, I dread myself to finish it. The character in the story (Nina) has not been developed convincingly. Help, anyone wants to buy my copy?

First half good`.......2003-10-29

I have read other books by these authors and liked them. This book started out ok but went downhill. The trial was very, very boring and just the first half of the story over again. The ending was just ridiculous. Sometimes when authors are doing a series the books go downhill - maybe they are on deadline. I will stop and think before I buy another book by them.

It fails as a litigation novel.......2003-08-18

As a practicing attorney I savored the idea of being able to endure a long flight and read a novel written about an area of law that receives scant attention in the popular press: professional responsibility. Unfortunately, I think I picked the wrong book and ended up with a dimestore "chick-flip."

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Invasion of Privacy (Luann Kindem, engineer)

Twelve years ago, a young girl disappeared. Now a filmmaker has made a movie about it. The girl's parents call it invasion of privacy. A woman lawyer calls it murder. The bloodstains on the courtroom floor belong to attorney Nina Reilly. Months earlier she'd been shot during a heated murder trial. She should have died that day. Instead, Nina has returned to the same Lake Tahoe court. Her only concession to her lingering fear is to give up criminal law. She figures an invasion of privacy lawsuit is a nice, safe civil action that will help her support her young son and pay the bills for her one-woman law office. She figures wrong.

Move to Strike (Luann Kindem, engineer)

Nina's not sleeping much these days. She's recovering from a great loss, haunted by a killer who may still be tracking her, and working on a tough new case. Her client is a sixteen-year-old girl charged with first-degree murder. Nikki Zack is a rebel, a thief, and the best friend of Nina's son, Bob. Did she steal something from her uncle, a prominent plastic surgeon, and then kill him with an ancient samurai sword? To help find out, Nina calls in private investigator Paul Van Wagoner, her ex-lover and constant ally, whose bravado doesn't betray his own sleepless nights. As they work through the twisting lies surrounding Nikki, it becomes brutally clear to Nina that she must pull an ace out of her sleeve in the courtroom to save her client, and solve the mystery surrounding Paul to save herself.

Unfit to Practice (Melissa Coates, engineer)

As an attorney championing desperate people, Nina Reilly has skirted the edges of legal ethics in pursuit of a just result but she has never before broken the rule of absolute protection of her clients' secrets. One September night at Lake Tahoe when her unlocked truck is stolen, her life changes forever. Inside are her most sensitive cases, complete with the sometimes brutally candid notes she took while interviewing her clients. It's the event that every attorney most fears - one careless moment that undoes a lifetime of building trust and respect. The worst has happened - the secrets are being revealed one by one, in ways that will cause the greatest harm. Nina's own clients complain to the State Bar of California, and suddenly Nina is fighting for her license and her livelihood in a Kafkaesque legal proceeding that may ultimately lead to her disbarment.

The Survival of the Unfit : Powers, Principles, and Practice in Man-Making

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4 Titles By Perri O'Shaughnessy Nina Reilly Series : Motion to Suppress - Writ of Execution - Unfit to Practice - Unlucky in Law

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Homes Unfit for Children: Housing, Disabled Children and Their Families (Community Care into Practice Series)

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Nina Reilly Series: Motion to Supress, Invasion of Privacy, Obstruction of Justice, Breach of Promise, Acts of Malice, Move to Strike, Writ Of Execution, Unfit To Practice, Presumption Of Death, Unlucky In Law, Case of Lies (Set of 11 Legal Suspense Novels)

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