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Harry Dresden, a wizard-for‑hire, investigates a grisly double murder fueled by black magic in this first installment of the Dresden Files.

Harry Dresden, a lone wizard living in Chicago, works with police to solve supernatural mysteries. When the FBI steps in, the city’s magical underworld, including werewolves, becomes even more tangled.

Chicago’s only professional wizard, Harry Dresden, confronts a city overrun by tormented, violent ghosts that threaten to turn him into a spectral victim.

Harry Dresden must confront the Red Court’s Duchess, who has uncovered a deadly secret about him, and tap into a buried darkness to protect his child and his life.

Harry Dresden must protect the accused Warden Morgan from the White Council's deadly judgment while exposing a traitor within the wizardly hierarchy.

Harry Dresden takes on a cursed Hollywood production, where the producer suspects a sinister spell but the real danger lies in the deaths of women around him.

Harry Dresden returns from the dead to protect his friends, lacking both a body and magic, as Chicago’s shadows are haunted by vengeful spirits.

Harry Dresden, a Chicago wizard, partners with his nemesis Nicodemus Archleone to breach a high-security vault and recover an item vital to the Lord of the Underworld.

Harry Dresden, a private investigator and wizard apprenticed to the Queen of Air and Darkness, must protect Chicago from a mysterious threat that endangers countless lives and threatens his own destiny.

A Chicago wizard must defeat a colossal Titan threatening the city, risking his life and changing the mortal world forever.

A charming and clever women detective, Precious Ramotswe, solves mysteries in Botswana's small town of Midsomin, South Africa, from 1986 to 1997, facing dangers and love in the process. The novel is beloved by readers worldwide for its clever dialogue and characters who are as flawed as the rest of us. The book is a bestseller and has been translated into 45 languages, including Polish, German, and Japanese, among others. It was also voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.

A London detective finds himself apprenticed to Britain’s last wizard, turning everyday policing into a supernatural adventure.

Harry Dresden, Chicago’s sole professional wizard, reappears in this original graphic novel to confront new supernatural threats and keep the city safe.

Harry Dresden faces a dangerous threat when his vampire roommate Thomas attracts a vengeance‑seeking vampire, Marva, who demands the mystical Word of Kemmler. With necromancers in town, Dresden must prevent an ancient evil from rising.

Vaelin Al Sorna, a member of the Sixth Order, embarks on a brutal training regime to become the Realm's only hope against impending war.

Peter Grant's first magical case and the beginning of his uniquely London-based police adventures.

Chicago politics—past, present, and future—take center stage in New York Times–bestselling author Sara Paretsky’s brilliant new V. I. Warshawski novel.Chicago’s unique brand of ball is sixteen-inch slow pitch, played in leagues all over the city for more than a century. But in politics, in business, and in law enforcement, the game is hardball.When V. I. Warshawski is asked to find a man who’s been missing for four decades, a search that she figured would be futile becomes lethal. Old skeletons from the city’s racially charged history, as well as haunting family secrets—her own and those of the elderly sisters who hired her—rise up to brush her back from the plate with a vengeance. A young cousin whom she’s never met arrives from Kansas City to work on a political campaign; a nun who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. dies without revealing crucial evidence; and on the city’s South Side, people spit when she shows up. Afraid to learn that her adored father might have been a bent cop, V. I. still takes the investigation all the way to its frightening end.

Mma Ramotswe, the charming and skilled private investigator, once again solves mysteries in Botswana.

A twelve‑story collection featuring Harry Dresden, Chicago’s wandering wizard, tackling odd mysteries with knack for humor and grit, including a brand‑new novella, "Zoo Day," and tales from diverse anthologies.