A couple of years ago the SciFi (SyFy) channel had a short lived series called The Dresden Files. This book is the first book in the series that the short television series was based off of. The series revolves around the main character Harry Blackstone Cooperfield Dresden. He is licensed wizard for hire living in Chicago. He isn't a Harry Potter wizard, but an adult wizard. He has adult problems like having to make his rent payments and even keeping a steady girlfriend. I really liked this character, he is self deprecating and doesn't take himself too seriously. He is often a down on his luck kind of guy. He is trying to make a living working practical magic in a modern world that's foolishly rejected the supernatural in favor of science and technology. Harry does "consulting" work for Chicago PD's detective Karrin Murphy. Much of this book they are at odd mainly because Harry keeps much of the magical world from Karrin. Karrin is a hard nose cop and tries to do things by the book. In this book he helps track down a killer who uses magic to kill people. This was very entertaining. It doesn't get too deep into the "magic" arena but it just happens to be his profession. All in all, I had fun with this book and this character.
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