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  • Cold Days by Jim Butcher

    Cold Days by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    You can't keep a good wizard down - even when he wants to stay that way.For years, Harry Dresden has been Chicago's only professional wizard, but a bargain made in desperation with the Queen of Air and Darkness has forced him into a new job: professional killer...
  • Small Favor by Jim Butcher

    Small Favor by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    THE New York Times BestsellerHarry Dresden's life finally seems to be calming down -- until a shadow from the past returns. Mab, monarch of the Sidhe Winter Court, calls in an old favor from Harry -- one small favor that will trap him between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and that will strain his skills -- and loyalties -- to their very limits...
  • Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

    Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    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...
  • Turn Coat by Jim Butcher

    Turn Coat by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    Accused of treason against the Wizards of the White Council, Warden Morgan goes in search of Harry Dresden in a desperate attempt to clear his name and stop the deadly punishment from taking place in this latest thrilling addition to the Dresden Files series...
  • White Night by Jim Butcher

    White Night by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    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...
  • Dead Beat by Jim Butcher

    Dead Beat by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 74 ratings
    Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.Luckily, however, he's not alone. Although most people don't believe in magic, the Chicago P.D. has a Special Investigations department, headed by his good friend Karrin Murphy...
  • Death Bringer by Derek Landy

    Death Bringer by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior.Oh yes. And dead.The Necromancers no longer need Valkyrie to be their Death Bringer, and that’s a Good Thing.There’s just one catch. There’s a reason the Necromancers don’t need her any more – because they’ve found their Death Bringer already, the person who will dissolve the doors between life and death...
  • Death Masks by Jim Butcher

    Death Masks by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But now he's getting more than he bargained for:A duel with the Red Court of Vampires' champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards...Professional hit men using Harry for target practice...The missing Shroud of Turin..
  • Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

    Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Dodging flaming monkey poo, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there is something more troubling than usual about his newest case...
  • The Megalodon Mix-Up by Amanda M. Lee

    The Megalodon Mix-Up by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Charlie Rhodes’ life has taken a turn. Not only is she working her dream job, but she’s also taken on a dreamy co-worker and is officially dating the office security chief. Yeah, she’s still trying to wrap her head around it, too...
  • Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

    Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    For the 1st printing edition of this ISBN, see here.HARRY DRESDEN -- WIZARDLost items found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates.No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other EntertainmentEver since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry Dresden has been down and out in Chicago. He can't pay his rent. He's alienating his friends...
  • Bound by Benedict Jacka

    Bound by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Mage Alex Verus is caught between a rock and a hard place in the eighth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Burned.Right now I wasn’t seeing Richard as the teacher out of my nightmares, he was just another Dark mage, and I looked into the future to see what would happen if I turned that knife on him instead..
  • Gobbelino London & a Melee of Mages by Kim M. Watt

    Gobbelino London & a Melee of Mages by Kim M. Watt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “We’ll do it,” Callum said. “Of course we will,” I said. “Why would we not stalk the scary magician who might be trying to raise his son from the dead? For free?” Like it or not, when a sorcerer asks you to track a magician, you track a magician. It’s that or spend life as a hamster. So we did.But, turns out, the scary magician is the least of our worries...
  • The Protection of Ren Crown by Anne Zoelle

    The Protection of Ren Crown by Anne Zoelle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Barely surviving her first term at college, all Ren wants to do over break is relax and bond with her roommate—not get eaten by a sentient building or attacked on the street. But with increasingly open warfare brewing between the magical factions and Layers of the world, this time, Ren will not fail in making sure everyone she loves stays safe and protected...
  • Ghostly Ordeal by Lily Harper Hart

    Ghostly Ordeal by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Harper Harlow has everything she wants. She has a new house … a new fiancé … and some time off work because the stretch after the holidays is generally slow. All that changes when she gets a call from her mother during a storm. Gloria Harlow has a lot of attitude and it’s on full display when Harper and her betrothed, Detective Jared Monroe, show up on the scene of a murder...
  • The Last Raven by Steve McHugh

    The Last Raven by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lucas is a riftborn fighter bent on vengeance in this thrilling urban fantasy/detective noir series from the bestselling author of the Hellequin Chronicles.The peace between the rift and humanity has always been tenuous. It’s up to the Guilds to protect it, removing whomever—or whatever—poses a threat, whether human or rift-fused. Lucas Rurik used to be part of the Raven Guild...
  • Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur

    Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three modus operandi to die. Four employees, six house guests, and not a single witness.Confusing clues and no helpful leads cloud the death of Countess Giada Barese, who washed up on shore two weeks after her mysterious disappearance. Henri and Jamie have no idea if her death is a homicide, suicide, or accidental death, for nothing adds up...
  • Bound by Benedict Jacka

    Bound by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Mage Alex Verus is caught between a rock and a hard place in the eighth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Burned.Right now I wasn’t seeing Richard as the teacher out of my nightmares, he was just another Dark mage, and I looked into the future to see what would happen if I turned that knife on him instead..
  • Peace Talks by Jim Butcher

    Peace Talks by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    When the Supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities, Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, joins the White Council's security team to make sure the talks stay civil...
  • Grave Peril by Jim Butcher

    Grave Peril by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    An alternative cover edition with a different page count exists here.Harry Dresden - WizardLost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.Harry Dresden has faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves...
  • In Plain Sight by Dan Willis

    In Plain Sight by Dan Willis

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When a magical plague is released in a Depression-era New York soup kitchen, private detective Alex Lockerby finds himself in a desperate hunt to catch a madman before he can strike again.His investigations lead Alex to a famous thief, a daring heist, and the search for a mythic book of ancient magic, but none of that brings him any closer to finding the man responsible for the massacre...
  • Saved by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Saved by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fenris and Mina's story concludes in the final book of this Baine Chronicles spinoff trilogy!Alerted that Sunaya and Iannis's wedding may be the target of a Resistance plot, Mina and Fenris travel to Solantha despite the very real possibility that Fenris could be recognized and thrown into prison should any of his enemies spot him...
  • Trick or Treat by Derek Landy

    Trick or Treat by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Short story published on Derek Landy's blog; fits in best between Death Bringer and Kingdom of the Wicked...
  • The Lost Art of World Domination by Derek Landy

    The Lost Art of World Domination by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A shot of Skulduggery action.It isn’t easy to take over the world. First you need the scheme. Then you need the muscle. Then you need to come up with a system for ruling six billion people and keeping them from revolting. It takes a certain kind of man to take over the world.Scaramouch Van Dreg, however, is not that man.But he has one thing going for him...
  • Goodbye by Jim Butcher

    Goodbye by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Microfiction #3Concurrent with the end of Changes and contains RADIOACTIVE-LEVEL SPOILERS for Changes and Ghost Story...
  • Marked by Benedict Jacka

    Marked by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Mage Alex Verus is hanging on by a thread in the ninth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Burned.When Mage Alex Verus ends up with a position on the Light Council, no one is happy, least of all him. But Alex is starting to realize that if he wants to protect his friends, he'll need to become a power player himself...
  • The Emperor's Wolves by Michelle Sagara

    The Emperor's Wolves by Michelle Sagara

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Set in the bestselling world of The Chronicles of Elantra, THE EMPEROR'S WOLVES is a prequel spin-off based on a fan-favorite character, and broadens the beloved fantasy world with another action-packed tale of intrigue and magic.As an orphan scrounging in the lawless slums, young Severn Handred didn't have the luxury of believing in anything beyond his own survival...
  • The Eleventh Hour by Mark Hayden

    The Eleventh Hour by Mark Hayden

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Another Day, Another Scar… Conrad needs a rest, and so does Vicky, his partner in fighting magickal crimes. The universe has other ideas. Conrad had planned the perfect weekend in the English Lake District – tie up some loose ends before spending the night with his girlfriend. Simple. What could possibly go wrong? Everything is the answer...
  • The Noose of a New Moon by Helen Harper

    The Noose of a New Moon by Helen Harper

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Devereau Webb is in uncharted territory. He thought he knew what he was doing when he chose to enter London’s supernatural society but he’s quickly discovering that his new status isn’t welcome to everyone.He’s lived through hard times before and he’s no stranger to the murky underworld of city life...
  • Cast in Peril by Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West

    Cast in Peril by Michelle Sagara, Michelle Sagara West

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    It has been a busy few weeks for Private Kaylin Neva. In between angling for a promotion, sharing her room with the last living female Dragon and dealing with more refugees than anyone knew what to do with, the unusual egg she'd been given was ready to hatch. Actually, that turned out to be lucky, because it absorbed the energy from the bomb that went off in her quarters...
  • The Naming of the Beasts by Mike Carey

    The Naming of the Beasts by Mike Carey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but if you ask Castor he'll tell you there's quite a bit of arrogance and reckless stupidity lining the streets as well. And he should know. There's only so many times you can play both sides against the middle and get away with it. Now, the inevitable moment of crisis has arrived and it's left Castor with blood on his hands...
  • Misty Falls by Joss Stirling, Джос Стърлинг

    Misty Falls by Joss Stirling, Джос Стърлинг

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Misty is a one-girl disaster zone. Born with a Savant 'gift' that means she can never tell a lie, her compulsive truth-telling gets her into trouble wherever she goes.So when she meets Alex: gorgeous, confident, and impossibly charming, Misty instantly resolves to keep her distance . . . Someone so perfect could never be hers, surely?But a dark shadow has fallen across the Savant community...
  • House of Sky and Breath (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas, Colleen Delany

    House of Sky and Breath (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas, Colleen Delany

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal-they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.The Asteri have kept their word so far, leaving Bryce and Hunt alone. But with the rebels chipping away at the Asteri's power, the threat the rulers pose is growing...
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  • The Stranger by Max Frei

    The Stranger by Max Frei

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The millions-selling fantasy epic of the new Russian literary icon-a freeloading freebooter who finds a new home in a magical world Max Frei's novels have been a literary sensation in Russia since their debut in 1996, and have swept the fantasy world over. Presented here in English for the first time, The Stranger will strike a chord with readers of all stripes...
  • Demon Hunt by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Demon Hunt by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.The hunt is on... Former supernatural covert agent Alyse Winters is determined to identify the party responsible for her handler's death. Unfortunately, local problems continue to sidetrack her when humans start committing crimes while under a spell and a link to her past shows up in need of help..
  • A Parliament of Bodies by Marshall Ryan Maresca

    A Parliament of Bodies by Marshall Ryan Maresca

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The city of Maradaine is vexed by the Gearbox Murders: a series of gruesome deaths orchestrated by a twisted mechanical genius. With no motive and no pattern, Inspectors Satrine Rainey and Minox Welling—the retired spy and untrained mage—are at a loss to find a meaningful lead in the case...
  • Wild Hunt by Bilinda Sheehan

    Wild Hunt by Bilinda Sheehan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Something is stalking King City.The Elite is baffled by a string of bizarre murders in the same church where Amber killed a demon. She may be a newbie, but Amber knows there’s no such thing as coincidence. When she visits the crime scene, the murderer enters her mind and attempts to claim Amber for himself. Luckily for Amber, her demon mark isn’t willing to share...
  • Protecting the Gray Wolf by N.J. Walters

    Protecting the Gray Wolf by N.J. Walters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If they want his immortality—they’ll have to take it…in the second deeply sexy and bold Lone Wolf Legacy series from New York Times bestselling author N.J. WaltersI’m used to other wolves coming for me. They want their chance to try and take out the infamous Gray Wolf. And every single one of them fails—because lone wolves aren’t like the others…we’re stronger. Harder. Meaner. Immortal...
  • The Women in the walls by Tim McGregor

    The Women in the walls by Tim McGregor

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the detective she's fallen for needs help, a reluctant psychic must put aside her feelings to help him unravel a horrific crime. HAMILTON - Trying to maintain a normal life, psychic Billie Culpepper struggles to block out the dead souls that haunt her every move but her attempts to suppress her ability only serve to isolate her even more...
  • Right to the Kill by Craig Schaefer

    Right to the Kill by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When two operatives go dark in Tampa, chasing the trail of an oligarch with ties to the demonic underworld, Vigilant Lock — the nation’s first and last line of defense against occult attack — sends their best to the rescue: Harmony Black, a troubled investigator and an elemental witch with a keen but tangled mind; and her partner Jessie Temple, the daughter of a supernatural slasher and the...
  • Awakening by C.G. Cooper

    Awakening by C.G. Cooper

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A bully thrown without a touch... A girl saved from certain death... Who is this boy named Benjamin Dragon? What would you do if you found out you had special powers? Find out what Benjamin does when he's given the chance to snatch life out of the greedy jaws of death itself...
  • WildSpark by Vashti Hardy, Cecelia Ramsdale

    WildSpark by Vashti Hardy, Cecelia Ramsdale

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A year after the death of her older brother, Prue Haywood's family is still shattered by grief. But everything changes when a stranger arrives at the farm. A new, incredible technology has been discovered in the city of Medlock, where a secretive guild of inventors have developed a way to capture spirits of the dead in animal-like machines, bringing them back to life...
  • Cast in Oblivion by Michelle Sagara

    Cast in Oblivion by Michelle Sagara

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    POLITICS ARE HELLKaylin wasn’t sent to the West March to start a war. Her mission to bring back nine Barrani might do just that, though. She traveled with a Dragon, and her presence is perceived as an act of aggression in the extremely hostile world of Barrani-Dragon politics...
  • Gilded Latten Bones by Glen Cook

    Gilded Latten Bones by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For Garrett, P.I., loyalty and love come a close second to survival... Garrett's attempt at domestic bliss with the fiery Tinnie Tate is sidetracked when he waylays a pair of home intruders and learns they've been paid by an unknown source to kidnap Tinnie. But as Garrett rushes to find out who is trying to push his buttons, his best friend is attacked...
  • Cruel Zinc Melodies by Glen Cook

    Cruel Zinc Melodies by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Garrett uncovers the dark side of the fantasy city TunFaire, where no-one is to be trusted especially beautiful woman. When a pack of gorgeous woman knock on his door, Garrett knows it’s too good to be true. The leader of the group is Alyx Weider, the daughter of the largest brewer in town...
  • Old Tin Sorrows by Glen Cook

    Old Tin Sorrows by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When his old friend Blake Peters calls in some overdue favors. Garrett feels like he’s committed himself to a corps of corpses. Someone is trying to kill Blake’s wealthy, retired General Stantnor, in a most lingering, painful, and maybe poisonous way. Can Garrett keep the general above ground? But Stantnor’s mansion holds a host of surprises for a human detective who thought he’d seen it all...
  • Thicker Than Water by Mike Carey

    Thicker Than Water by Mike Carey

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist, so dealing with the dead is his stock in trade. Between his private clients and some consulting for the Met, he thinks he's seen it all. But a late-night call out to a South London housing estate proves that he still has a few surprises left. After all, it's not every day you see your own name painted in blood at a a crime scene.But that's only the beginning...
  • The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green

    The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    John Taylor is marrying the love of his life, Suzie Shooter, the Nightside’s most fearsome bounty hunter. But before he can walk down the aisle he has one more case to solve as a private eye — a case that has him on the run from friends and enemies both, with his bride-to-be looking to collect the bounty on his head..
  • Karma by R.J. Blain

    Karma by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Karma Johnson has spent her entire adult life working to become a member of FBI's Child Abduction Rapid Deployment team. She's earned her transfer to CARD, but when she's caught up in the kidnapping of an infant from a festival, she learns what it's like to be the victim. Pretending she's a teen keeps her alive while trying to get herself and the baby to safety...
  • Dead Is a Killer Tune by Marlene Perez

    Dead Is a Killer Tune by Marlene Perez

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    High school freshman Jessica Walsh is a Virago—a woman warrior who must protect her hometown from danger. And in Nightshade, California, trouble is always lurking. At the town’s Battle of the Bands, Jess’s boyfriend, Dominic, and his band, Side Effects May Vary, are up against Hamlin, a band so popular, their fans follow them everywhere...
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