Hit List was more early Anita Blake, mostly Federal Marshal storyline and less metaphysical succubus. A serial killing case involving the Harlequin & The Mother of All Darkness as a trap to get Anita. We saw more of the emotions that Edward has for Anita and I am interested to see where that goes. Also Olaf's storyline expands at the end leaving him "different" total oh shit! I really want to know what happens with him. The only regulars to appear in the book other then the Marshals were Nicky and a small amount of Domino, plus several of the regular bodyguards(all show up in the last half) Anita gets a new tiger in Ethan. A major plot point of the several past books is finally completed and several new plots come in to play for future books. I enjoyed this installment of the Anita Blake series and hate having to wait another year for the next :(