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MelHay, January 14, 2012 (view all comments by MelHay)
Harry Dresden, a wizard who's come out of the closet and specializes in finding lost items, paranormal and investigations, but Harry hasn't had any work to pay his rent, for some time. Harry is an honest man, with what work had come around and he didn't take the payoff but told the truth. Until a woman calls asking him to find what she has lost...her husband. Then a call from Lt. Murphy comes, asking Dresen to come to her murder scene with a couple dead bodies involved, needing him to look around as she feels is paranormal related. Two cases in minutes after a dry spell of months, Harry tries to handle both cases for both pays.

The book starts fast with two cases, which build the magical creatures and magical usages for us. These two cases bring a wizard investigator into so much more that's out there; vampires, bad magic, and the council that watches over wizards and more.

I love Bob! Bob is a possessed skull that helps Harry with his potions, or has all the potions memorized. But his humor is wonderful! I really enjoy him. I enjoyed Harry as well. He has an old gentlemanly feel to him, yet he's brass too. But he is approachable for me, I know not for the other characters in the book, but I like him just the same. Leutinent Murphy is a hard one. She is a solid rock and on the police force that could make Harry's life hell. But she is a good cop.

I enjoyed the mystery and following Harry along on the two cases he took on. He really gets beat around some, but the mystery all works out in the end. And along the way we get introduced to a real world full of magic that's just starting to come out of it's shell to the public.

I like there is magic here, mixed with humor. It's fun. I plan on continuing with the series to see where it goes, as I've heard the books get better.

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MartyV, December 26, 2011 (view all comments by MartyV)
The SyFy Channel had one season of the Dresden Files, and I saw just a couple of episodes. That was enough to make me curious about the written series so I started with this one, subtitled Book One of the Dresden Files. A wizard for hire who advertises in the yellow pages and is on call to a tiny department of the Chicago PD, what a fun concept. The characters are wizardly and some are just plain human. It's amazing how Dresden can push his poor suffering body so far and you just know he's not going to make the next challenge. Keep turning the pages to find out what could possibly happen next.

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chainmail, January 2, 2011 (view all comments by chainmail)
The Dresden series just keeps getting better and better.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780451457813

Subtitle:

Book one of The Dresden Files

Author:

Butcher, Jim

Publisher:

Roc

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Fantastic fiction

Subject:

Detective and mystery stories

Subject:

Mystery fiction

Subject:

Fantasy

Subject:

Fantasy fiction

Subject:

Fantasy - Series

Subject:

Fantasy - Contemporary

Subject:

Illinois

Subject:

Wizards

Subject:

Chicago (Ill.)

Subject:

Science Fiction and Fantasy-Fantasy-Contemporary

Copyright:

2000

Edition Description:

B-Mass Market

Series:

Dresden Files

Series Volume:

00-12

Publication Date:

20000401

Binding:

Paperback

Grade Level:

from 12

Language:

English

Pages:

384

Dimensions:

6.72x4.26x.90 in. .35 lbs.

Age Level:

from 18