Jim Butcher has a written a series of books called THE DRESDEN FILES that has become one of my all-time favorites.

I originally got hooked on the SCI FI Channel TV series THE DRESDEN FILES starring Paul Blackthorne as Harry Dresden, watching every episode until they (stupidly) canceled it. Then I went on a book hunt to find the source material (original books) and have been adding each title to my collection as soon as I can get my hands on them.

THE DRESDEN FILES is like the best of Glen Cook’s wisecracking GARRETT, PI series, mixed in with a little Anne Rice, some Laurell K. Hamilton, Dashiel Hammett and a bit of Harry Potter all rolled into one. Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is the only Wizard who happens to advertise in the Chicago phone book, trying to use his not-inconsiderable powers for good (and to pay the bills which ARE considerable.) Unfortunately, the good guys don’t want to believe there IS such a thing as the supernatural so why pay to battle it, most of the wizarding world doesn’t trust him and the bad guys, both human and not, just want Harry dead.

These are some of the only books I’ve read recently where I hate to put them down until I get to the very last page, and where I actually burst out laughing from Jim Butcher’s way of tossing in a totally unexpected turn of phrase.

So far, there are 10 books in the series:

STORM FRONT	FOOL MOON	GRAVE PERIL	SUMMER KNIGHT	DEATH MASKS
BLOOD RITES	DEAD BEAT	PROVEN GUILTY	WHITE NIGHT	SMALL FAVOR

If you like supernatural thrillers that are witty and compelling and with a protaganist you can root for, then don’t miss THE DRESDEN FILES. And if you love James Marsters (aka SPIKE from the series ANGEL and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), check out the Audiobooks of each – he narrates the whole series. (Yeehaw!) Or if you like comics better, then check out THE DRESDEN FILES: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE illustrated books…

Now if only SCI FI Channel would ‘uncancel’ the series, so I could watch Harry’s further adventures while I wait for Jim Butcher to write the next installments, including TURN COAT, the new one due out in April 2009!

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