Dead Beat (Dresden Files Series #7)

ISBN-13:	9780451460912
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/02/2006
Series:	Dresden Files Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	528
Sales rank:	18,459
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.13(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

“The wildest, strangest, best Dresden adventure to date...Butcher’s blending of modern fantasy with classic noir sensibilities ensures that there’s never a dull moment.”—SF Site   Paranormal investigations are Harry Dresden’s business and Chicago is his beat, as he tries to bring law and order to a world of wizards and monsters that exists alongside everyday life. And though most inhabitants of the Windy City don’t believe in magic, the Special Investigations Department of the Chicago PD knows better.   Karrin Murphy is the head of S. I. and Harry’s good friend. So when a killer vampire threatens to destroy Murphy’s reputation unless Harry does her bidding, he has no choice. The vampire wants the Word of Kemmler (whatever that is) and all the power that comes with it. Now, Harry is in a race against time—and six merciless necromancers—to find the Word before Chicago experiences a Halloween night to wake the dead...