The Sookie Stackhouse Companion

Parish sheriff John Dowdy heads out to Hotshot to arrest Carlton Norris for statutory rape and is never heard from again. (DTTW)
    Downey, Jim: Mechanic Jim occasionally works on Sookie’s car. He is married with three children. (CD)
    Duchesne, Kristen: Kristen loves Remy Savoy but ultimately cannot deal with Hunter’s special abilities. (FDTW; mentioned DAG, DITF, DR)
    Duff: No other name given. Duff regularly delivers the beer to Merlotte’s. (DAG)
    Duffy, Mark: A student at Louisiana Tech, Mark gets into a class war with Jeff LaBeff in Merlotte’s, eventually leading to violence. (DAAD)
    Duke of Death, the (vampire): “Live” DJ Duke of Death provides the music for Fangtasia’s birthday party for Dracula, taking guests on a musical journey in honor of Vlad Tepes. (DN)
    Dumas, Desiree: Desiree Dumas works in the gift shop of the Bat’s Wing bar in Dallas and shares a small apartment with fellow employee Bethany Rogers. (Mentioned LDID)
    du Rone, JB: Lovely JB du Rone sees life in the simplest terms. He has been friends with Sookie since high school because his thoughts are easy and direct, causing no stress to Sookie’s telepathic mind. They reconnect after Dawn’s murder, and JB values Sookie’s continued friendship, eventually working with her to recover from what the town believes is a hit-and-run accident but is actually the result of a fairy attack. He also reconnects with fellow high school friend Tara, who is seeking a man who is not controlling or abusive after her encounters with vampires. Sweet JB fits the bill nicely, and they marry, soon welcoming twins Robert Thornton du Rone and Sara Sookie du Rone.
    While tearing down a wall in the du Rones’ bungalow, JB and Sam discover a hammer hidden inside and identify it as the weapon used in the murder of Isaiah Wechsler, who lived in the house next door in the 1930s. The murderer’s spirit is disturbed, casting a pall over the house until his bones are uncovered and identified with the help of Sookie and the du Rones’ nanny, Quiana Wong, who is a psychic. The spirit rests when the bones are reinterred in Sookie’s family plot. JB returns the group to normalcy by confirming plans to finish the work in the house. (DUD, LDID, DD, ATD, DITF, IIHAH; mentioned FDTW, DAG, DR)
    du Rone, Mrs.: No first name given. JB’s mother attends Tara’s baby shower for her soon-to-be grandchildren held at Sookie’s house. (Mentioned DR)
    du Rone, Robert Thornton: JB and Tara’s son is given his mother’s maiden name as his middle name. (IIHAH)
    du Rone, Sara Sookie: Tara and JB’s daughter’s middle name is in honor of her “aunt” Sookie. (IIHAH)
    du Rone, Tara Thornton: Sookie’s longtime friend Tara overcomes a tough childhood to own her own business, a clothing store called Tara’s Togs. Tara doesn’t always exercise the best judgment in men and is briefly engaged to Eggs Benedict. She attends the local orgies at his urging, and it is only dumb luck that keeps her alive when Callisto arrives. Her next lover, vampire Franklin Mott, soon passes her to another vampire as payment for a debt. Sookie extricates her from that situation, and Tara eventually recognizes a good man right in front of her in her old high school friend JB du Rone. JB’s simplistic approach to life appeals to Tara, and they marry. When she finds out she is pregnant, Tara vows to give her baby all the love and support that she lacked as a child. To the surprise of Tara, JB, and their doctor, Tara discovers she is pregnant with twins, and soon safely delivers Robert Thornton du Rone and Sara Sookie du Rone.
    Living in the old Summerlin bungalow that she purchased a few years ago, Tara and JB decide to renovate to make room for the babies, and they enlist Sookie and Sam to help. When an old hammer is found concealed in a wall, they realize that it was used in the 1930s murder of neighbor Isaiah Wechsler. By unearthing the hammer, they inadvertently unleash the spirit of the murderer. The babies’ nanny, Quiana Wong, reveals that she is a psychic, and with Sookie’s help they are able to identify the murderer as the youngest son of the family that built the house, the Summerlins. He committed suicide after the murder and was secretly buried in the yard by his parents. His bones are taken to Sookie’s family plot and buried, putting the spirit to rest. (LDID, CD, DTTW, DAAD, DD, ATD, FDTW, DAG, DITF, DR, IIHAH)
    Dustin (vampire): No last name given. Unschooled in being a vampire