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Title : Skin Game  Series : The Dresden Files #15 Author :  Jim Butcher  Release Date : May 27, 2014  Publisher : Roc Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day…. Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, it’s something awful. He doesn’t know the half of it…. Mab has just traded Harry’s skills to pay off one of her debts. And now he must help a group of supernatural villains—led by one of Harry’s most dreaded and despised enemies, Nicodemus Archleone—to break into the highest-security vault in town so that they can then access the highest-security vault in the Nevernever. It’s a smash-and-grab job to recover the literal Holy Grail from the vaults of the greatest treasure hoard in the supernatural world—which belongs to the one and only Hades, Lord of the freaking Underworld and generally ...

Title : Cold Days  Series : The Dresden Files #14 Author :  Jim Butcher After being murdered by a mystery assailant, navigating his way through the realm between life and death, and being brought back to the mortal world, Harry realizes that maybe death wasn’t all that bad. Because he is no longer Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard. He is now Harry Dresden, Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. After Harry had no choice but to swear his fealty, Mab wasn’t about to let something as petty as death steal away the prize she had sought for so long. And now, her word is his command, no matter what she wants him to do, no matter where she wants him to go, and no matter who she wants him to kill.  Guess which Mab wants first? Of course, it won’t be an ordinary, everyday assassination. Mab wants her newest minion to pull off the impossible: kill an immortal. No problem there, right? And to make matters worse, ...

Title : Ghost Story  Series : The Dresden Files #13 Author : Jim Butcher The eagerly awaited new novel in the #1  New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series.  When we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden, he wasn't doing well. In fact, he had been murdered by an unknown assassin.  But being dead doesn't stop him when his friends are in danger. Except now he has nobody, and no magic to help him. And there are also several dark spirits roaming the Chicago shadows who owe Harry some payback of their own.  To save his friends-and his own soul-Harry will have to pull off the ultimate trick without any magic... Amazon I hope you are up to date on this series before you read my review.... As followers of the Dresden series, you might know how Changes ended. Shocking to say the least.  Poor Harry has lost almost everything including his life. But, he is not all gone. Six months after getting sho...

Title : Changes  Series : The Dresden Files #12 Author : Jim Butcher Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry Dresden's lover—until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. Susan then disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it. Now Arianna Ortega, Duchess of the Red Court, has discovered a secret Susan has long kept, and she plans to use it—against Harry. To prevail, this time, he may have no choice but to embrace the raging fury of his own untapped dark power. Because Harry's not fighting to save the world... He's fighting to save his  child . Amazon Changes start with a shocking truth. Harry is a father. Long ago, he and Susan Rodriguez were in love and from this love a child was born. A child Harry knew nothing about. Harry is more than angry about Susan hiding the child...

Title : Turn Coat  Series : The Dresden Files #11) Author : Jim Butcher  When it comes to the magical ruling body known as the White Council, Harry keeps his nose clean and his head down. For years, the Council has held a death mark over Harry's head. He's still thought of as a black sheep by some and as a sacrificial lamb by others. But none regard him with more suspicion and disdain than Morgan, a veteran Warden with a grudge against anyone who bends the rules. Like Harry. So when Morgan turns up asking for help, Harry isn't exactly eager to leap into action. Morgan has been accused of treason against the White Council, and there's only one final punishment for that crime. He's on the run, he wants his name cleared, and he needs someone with a knack for backing the underdog. Like Harry. Now Harry must uncover a traitor within the Council, keep a less than agreeable Morgan under wraps, and avoid coming under scrutiny himself....

Title: Small Favor  Series: The Dresden Files #10  Author: Jim Butcher Goodreads Harry Dresden's life finally seems to be calming down -- until a shadow from the past returns. Mab, monarch of the Sidhe Winter Court, calls in an old favor from Harry -- one small favor that will trap him between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and that will strain his skills -- and loyalties -- to their very limits. Amazon I knew there was going to be trouble when Mab asked Harry to do her a favor and what a favor it was! Dresden's next adventure involves Marcone. Someone has kidnapped him and Mab is requesting Harry's help to find him. This leads to so many problems for him. First, Dresden has to convince Marcone's people to help him find Johhny and later on, he finds out that the Denarians have a hand in it. Chicago is actually loaded with them.  Luckily, Harry has formed his own little army. He has help from the Knights of the Cro...

Title : White Night  Series : The Dresden Files #9  Author : Jim Butcher  Goodreads In Chicago, someone has been killing practitioners of magic, those incapable of becoming full-fledged wizards. Shockingly, all the evidence points to Harry Dresden's half-brother, Thomas, as the murderer. Determined to clear his sibling's name, Harry uncovers a conspiracy within the White Council of Wizards that threatens not only him, but his nearest and dearest, too... Amazon Harry is hired by Murphy to investigate a series of female "suicides". Most of the victims are magic practitioners from the local coven. To his shock, the coven has hired Elaine (Harry's first girlfriend) to find out who's the killer. Elaine has been working in California. She like Harry, is "in the book" under "wizard". Some of the women who have disappeared have been seen leaving with a tall man wearing a cloak. Thomas fits the description but so doe...

Title : Proven Guilty  Series : The Dresden Files #8) Author : Jim Butcher  Goodreads There's no love lost between Harry Dresden, the only wizard in the Chicago phone book, and the White Council of Wizards, who find him brash and undisciplined. But war with the vampires has thinned their ranks, so the Council has drafted Harry as a Warden and assigned him to look into rumors of black magic in the Windy City. As Harry adjusts to his new role, another problem arrives in the form of the tattooed and pierced daughter of an old friend, all grown-up and already in trouble. Her boyfriend is the only suspect in what looks like a supernatural assault straight out of a horror film. Malevolent entities that feed on fear are loose in Chicago, but it's all in a day's work for a wizard, his faithful dog, and a talking skull named Bob....   Amazon This is my favorite book of the series so far.  As soon as I started Proven Guilty I knew it was go...

Title: Dead Beat  Series: The Dresden Files Author: Jim Butcher  Goodreads There's an entire world that exists alongside the everyday life of mankind. There are powers, nations, monsters, wars, feuds, alliances - everything. Wizards are part of it. So are a lot of other things you've heard about in stories, and even more you've never heard of...Vampires. Werewolves. Faeries. Demons. Monsters. It's all real. Harry Dresden knows full well that such creatures exist. Paranormal investigations are his stock-in-trade, and Chicago is his beat as he tries to bring law and order to a world that exists on the edges of imagination. Luckily Harry's not alone in this struggle. And though most inhabitants of the Windy City don't believe in magic, there's a department that's been set up within the Chicago PD to deal with "strange" cases: the Special Investigations department. Karrin Murphy is the head of SI and a good friend of Harry's....

Goodreads For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Dodging flaming monkey poo, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there is something more troubling than usual about his newest case. The film's producer believes he's the target of a sinister entropy curse, but it's the women around him who are dying, in increasingly spectacular ways. Harry is doubly frustrated because he got involved with this bizarre mystery only as a favor to Thomas, his flirtatious, self-absorbed vampire acquaintance of dubious integrity. Thomas has a personal stake in the case Harry can't quite figure out, until his investigation leads him straight to Thomas' oversexed vampire family. Harry is about to discover that Thomas' family tree has been hiding a shocking secret; a revelation that will change Harry's life forever. Amazon ...

Goodreads |  Amazon Slowly but surely, I'm going through these. Kudos to Jim Butcher, his world building is amazing. The character development is constant.  Harry gets hired to recover the Shroud of Turin. He has to stop it from getting into evil hands.  Nicodemus Archleoneis is the big baddie. He's the leader of the Order of the Blackened Denarius. He knows about Harry and he wants him out of the picture. Nicodemus won't underestimate Harry like others have. Michael and the rest of the Knights of the Cross are trying to prevent Harry from taking the case. They are not sure if they can keep him alive.  Susan is back to settle things with Harry which I thought was necessary. Harry needs to move on. As soon as I start one of the Dresden Files I know Harry is going to be fighting multiple characters/situations. He's going to be betrayed sometimes. He will blame himself about something or someone getting hurt. He's going to be ...

Someone has killed the Summer Knight and it is up to Dresden to find the culprit. Dresden didn't want to get involved. Regrettably, he has no other choice in the matter. The Winter Queen has forced his hand and if he doesn't want the Council to serve him on a platter to the Red Court vampires he must do as asked.  Dealing with the Fae and their power was not his priority. Dresden has been feeling guilty and responsible for Susan's change in life.  He has let himself go and has spent countless hours trying to find a cure. His house is a mess, he's broke and he has not shaved or cut his hair in a while. Nothing matters to him until Queen Mab and someone from his past visits him. ~~ These books are so good! I love Dresden and his funny side. I like that we get to see characters from the past. Billy and the other wolves were great.  Color me surprised but I like Murphy in this one. Don't know for how long though. She was nice to Harry and she wa...

Grave Peril begins with Michael and Harry fighting a ghost who's attacking a hospital nursery. Ghosts are behaving erratically and dangerously. Harry is sure someone is manipulating the spirit world. He needs to find the culprits before more lives are in danger.  A young woman shows at his office asking for his help. She believes someone is after her and unless he helps her she will die. By now we know Harry is incapable os saying no to a damsel in distress.  ~~ Gave Peril has a lot of action. We get more character development for Harry and his friends/enemies. I like Harry. He is one of the good guys although I still can't stand his self deprecating attitude. I feel like screaming: Not everything which goes wrong in the world is your fault Harry!  As for other characters: Bianca was easy to hate. She did nothing to make herself redeemable.  Susan does care for Harry but sometimes she doesn't listen. Murphy didn't piss me off like she ...