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If circumstances surrounding a crime defy the ordinary and evidence points to a suspect who is anything but human, the men and women of the Chicago Police Department call in the one guy who can handle bizarre and often brutal phenomena. Harry Dresden is a wizard who knows firsthand that the everyday world is actually full of strange and magical things—most of which don't play well with humans.

Now the cops have turned to Dresden to investigate a horrifying double murder that was committed with black magic. Never one to turn down a paycheck, Dresden also takes on another case—to find a missing husband who has quite likely been dabbling in sorcery. As Dresden tries to solve the seemingly unrelated cases, he is confronted with all the Windy City can blow at him, from the mob to mages and all creatures in between.]]> 10746 4.11 67001 5836 203762 4.13 240 26 1186079 3.89 983 134 2009 4 0 false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 10:29:13 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 10:30:39 -0700 2009
Even more disturbing is the fact that the artist on the bonus story has even less of a clue what a woman looks like from the neck up.]]>