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White Night

The Dresden Files, Book 9

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White Night

By: Jim Butcher
Narrated by: James Marsters
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Wizard Harry Dresden must investigate his own flesh and blood when a series of killings strike Chicago’s magic practitioners in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Someone is targeting the members of the city’s supernatural underclass—those who don’t possess enough power to become full-fledged wizards. Some have vanished. Others appear to be victims of suicide. But now the culprit has left a calling card at one of the crime scenes—a message for Harry Dresden.

Harry sets out to find the apparent serial killer, but his investigation turns up evidence pointing to the one suspect he cannot possibly believe guilty: his half-brother, Thomas. To clear his brother’s name, Harry rushes into a supernatural power struggle that renders him outnumbered, outclassed, and dangerously susceptible to temptation.

And Harry knows that if he screws this one up, people will die—and one of them will be his brother...©2008 Roc; (P)2009 Penguin
Detective Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Mystery Private Investigators Magic Magic Users Wizardry Paranormal

Critic Reviews

Praise for the Dresden Files

“Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip Marlowe.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Tanya Huff will love this series.”—Midwest Book Review

“Superlative.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery genres on the shelves.”—Cinescape

“Butcher...spins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a well-crafted, supernaturally-charged setting. The supporting cast is again fantastic, and Harry’s wit continues to fly in the face of a peril-fraught plot.”—Booklist (starred review)

“What’s not to like about this series?...It takes the best elements of urban fantasy, mixes it with some good old-fashioned noir mystery, tosses in a dash of romance and a lot of high-octane action, shakes, stirs, and serves.”—SF Site

“A tricky plot complete with against-the-clock pacing, firefights, explosions, and plenty of magic. Longtime series fans as well as newcomers drawn by the SciFi Channel’s TV series based on the novels should find this supernatural mystery a real winner.”—Library Journal

“What would you get if you crossed Spenser with Merlin? Probably you would come up with someone very like Harry Dresden, wizard, tough guy and star of [the Dresden Files].”—The Washington Times
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Love the books, love the characters. James Marsters’ (Spike from Buffy) narration is perfectly matched

Terrific series with perfectly matched narration

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Well paced, complex storyline, brilliant characterisations, with s symphony of suspense and humour.
Masterclass performance from Marsters.

My favourite book of Dresden Series

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all of it is first rate story telling tbh, Harry is hilarious, every side character has awesome depth without stealing from Harry's limelight at all - its masterful

dresden is a rippa

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Niche pronounced “nitch”; penchant pronounced “penn-chant” and others ... this detracts from the quality of good writing and narration. After a while, annoyance overcomes enjoyment.

Why can’t James Marsters learn to pronounce words?

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Found this one to be duller than others. Ending was a bit soft but it had it's moments, solid addition to the series.

Decent but not as good as other DF books.

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