Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, Book 7)

“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...

• Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, Book 8)
• Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, Book 6)
• White Night (The Dresden Files, Book 9)
• Death Masks (Dresden Files)
• Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10)
• Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, Book 11)
• Summer Knight (Dresden Files)
• Changes (Dresden Files)
• Ghost Story (Dresden Files)
• Cold Days (Dresden Files)