Dead Beat

Fantasy Urban Fantasy Mystery Detective Fiction

Description

In the shadowy underbelly of Chicago, where magic and monsters lurk just beyond the veil of ordinary life, Harry Dresden operates as the city's only professional wizard detective. When a powerful vampire targets his friend, Detective Karrin Murphy, Harry is forced into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. The vampire seeks the legendary Word of Kemmler, an artifact of immense power, and Harry must race against time and a cabal of ruthless necromancers to stop it from falling into the wrong hands. As Halloween night descends, the fate of Chicago hangs in the balance, threatening to unleash a night where the dead themselves might rise.