Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures

I'm trying to read LKH's first Anita Blake book, Guilty Pleasures. Trying. On the third page, Anita mentions that vampires have just gotten certain rights. And one of the problems is, if someone you inherited money from becomes a vampire, do you get to keep their inheritance, because technically they are dead. And "was it murder to slay a vampire"?

Vampires have always existed openly in Anitaland. Always. Openly. And people are just now starting with this stuff?! 

( Not a pleasure for me )