Dead Beat

jim butcher

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.

Luckily, however, he's not alone. Although most people don't believe in magic, the Chicago P.D. has a Special Investigations department, headed by his good friend Karrin Murphy. They deal with the . . . stranger cases. It's down to Karrin that Harry sneaks into Graceland Cemetery to meet a vampire named Mavra. Mavra has evidence that would destroy Karrin's career, and her demands are simple. She wants the Word of Kemmler - and all the power that comes with it. But first, Harry's keen to know what he'd be handing over. Before long he's racing against time, and six necromancers, to get the Word. And to prevent a Halloween that would truly wake the dead.

Magic - it can get a guy killed.

Genres fantasyurban fantasyfictionmysteryparanormalaudiobookmagicvampiressupernaturalscience fiction fantasy

528 pages, Paperback

First published May 3,2005

Series

The Dresden Files

Places

chicago illinois,

This edition

Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Published: May 2, 2006 by Ace
ISBN: 9780451460912
ASIN: 045146091X
Language: English

Characters More characters

Donald Morgan

A law enforcement warden for the White Council....
Bob (dresden Files)

Bob, the "talking skull".more...
Waldo Butters

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Lasciel

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Ebenezer Mccoy

Is a member of the White Council and a human wizard. He is the grandfather of Harry Dresden and Thomas Raith.more...
Queen Mab

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About the author

jim butcher

Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and a new steampunk series, the Cinder Spires. His resume includes a laundry list of skills which were useful a couple of centuries ago, and he plays guitar quite badly. An avid gamer, he plays tabletop games in varying systems, a variety of video games on PC and console, and LARPs whenever he can make time for it. Jim currently resides mostly inside his own head, but his head can generally be found in his home town of Independence, Missouri.

Jim goes by the moniker Longshot in a number of online locales. He came by this name in the early 1990′s when he decided he would become a published author. Usually only 3 in 1000 who make such an attempt actually manage to become published; of those, only 1 in 10 make enough money to call it a living. The sale of a second series was the breakthrough that let him beat the long odds against attaining a career as a novelist.

All the same, he refuses to change his nickname.