Book: Grave Peril
This is the third in the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher, starring who I like to refer to as "The Other Wizard Named Harry," Harry Coperfield Blackstone Dresden, the only openly practicing wizard in the City of Chicago. He's in the phone book; look him up.
Book Three shows a departure from the first two in the series. For one thing, it starts with some backstory having occurred between the two books. This is one of the things I like about Butcher's writing style - he makes it clear that the universe he's created is much larger than what is actually on the page. In Grave Peril, a new character, Michael Carpenter, is introduced, who is basically a modern Knight Templar, a paladin, using his faith as a sort of magic which complements the purer magic that Harry uses.
At the same time, another character that was extremely important in the first two books, Detective Murphy, is hardly present.
In Grave Peril, something is causing the ghosts of Chicago to become stronger and more restless, and before you can say, "Who Do You Call," Harry is on the case, trying to find out what, or who is stirring them up, and why.
Without giving out spoilers, vampires play heavily in this book, which is fitting since we actually listened to this book in audio, read by James Marsters. Normally, I prefer to read my books to listening to them, but Marsters does a superb job, for which I must give him credit even if Strix thinks he's really hot. Or she thinks he's cool. I guess he's all-temperature.
Beware Captain Peroxide
Anyway, anyone who likes detective novels, hard-boiled mystery, fantasy, ghost stories, vampire stories, or dressing up like Harry Dresden would like this book.
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