From the book description:- Harry Dresden is the only wizard in the Chicago phone book and consults for the police department on those so-called unusual' cases. But there's no love lost between Harry and the White Council of Wizards, who find him brash and undisciplined. Yet now the vampire wars have thinned the ranks of wizards, the White Council needs Harry, like it or not. He's drafted as a Warden, and assigned to look into rumours of black magic in the Windy City. And, if that isn't enough, another problem arrives for Harry in the form of the tattooed and pierced daughter of an old friend, all grown-up and already in trouble. Her boyfriend was the only one in the room when an old man was attacked, but in spite of this, he insists he didn't do it. What looks like a supernatural assault straight out of a horror film turns out to be well, something quite close to that, as Harry discovers that malevolent entities that feed on fear are loose in Chicago. All in a day's work for a wizard, his faithful dog, and a talking skull named Bob.
Harry is called by Molly (Michael and Charity's Daughter) as she says she's been arrested and needs to be bailed (and doesn't want Dad and Mom to know about it !). Anyway, when Harry turns up to help, things get....complicated. He is drawn into a Horror convention where the stars of the films are coming to life and killing the convention-goers and is followed by a mysterious figure! He investigates in his usual manner and slowly unravels a number of twisted plots which he needs to unravel quickly in order to save lives. There is more interaction with Vampires (not saying which ones...) and both sides of Faerie (obvious from the beginning) and he makes a chilling discovery about someone he cares greatly for, something that could cost them (and him) their lives......
These books do really get better and better as you plough through them.
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