Philip was the only good guy to ever die in any of the books. He shows up in the first book as a vampire junkie and helps Anita. Kinda. He also hits on her and is captured by the bad guy and is killed, raised, and set to rest. All in all, I thought that was cool. But, seriously, no one good ever died after that. It was, in my opinion, probably the best she's ever written. It took a chance that none of the other books had. We've had close calls with Richard and Zebrowski (The Z-man made my heart stop cause I adore him), but those were early books, too. Now, there is no danger of any of the good guys getting so much as a splinter.