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Proven Guilty

The Dresden Files, Book 8

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Written by: Jim Butcher
Narrated by: James Marsters
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Wizard for hire Harry Dresden has to track down the things that go bump in the night in this novel in Jim Butcher's #1 New York Times bestselling series.

There’s no love lost between Harry Dresden, the only wizard in the Chicago phone book, and the White Council of Wizards, who find him brash and undisciplined. But war with the vampires has thinned their ranks, so the Council has drafted Harry as a Warden and assigned him to look into rumors of black magic in the Windy City.

As Harry adjusts to his new role, another problem arrives in the form of the tattooed and pierced daughter of an old friend—all grown up and already in trouble. Her boyfriend is the only suspect in what looks like a supernatural assault straight out of a horror film. Malevolent entities that feed on fear are loose in Chicago, but it’s all in a day’s work for a wizard, his faithful dog, and a talking skull named Bob...©2007 Jim Butcher; (P)2009 Penguin Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Private Investigators Paranormal Magic Detective Magic Users Wizardry
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What the critics say

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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Butcher does it again. Great book. Marsters brings Dresden too life in a real dramatic and authentic way.

Great story

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I loved this book so much. It really fleshed out the character of Charity Carpenter and explained the back story of her disdain for Harry Dresden. Holly Carpenter becomes a more central character as well. Harry's "family" is expanding and it makes him feel even more conflicted & guilty. Poor Harry is all banged up again by those supernatural beings who are striving for world domination (starting with Chicago).

Harry the Warden finds himself with a dilemma and he deals with it in his own quirky way. Love it!!!

Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

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Big mysterious plots, fairies, magic induced explosions, and its narrated by James Marsters. Enough said.

Badassery

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The book starts kind of slow for almost half of it... but the second half is really exciting!

Started slow but then... wow!

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Love the Dreaden Files. Have read all books at least twice and now listening for the first time it’s very fun and enjoyable.

More Dresden is always good.

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