- Fantasy, Fiction, American Paranormal fiction, Private investigators
From four of today's hottest fantasy authors—all-new novellas of dark nights, cruel cities, and paranormal P.I.s.The best paranormal private investigators have been brought together in a single volume—and cases don't come any harder than this.New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher delivers a hard-boiled tale in which Harry Dresden's latest case may be his last.Nightside dweller John Taylor is hired by a woman…
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Unpretentious, classical in form, grave and contemporary.
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 328
- Publisher
- Penguin USA, Inc., Penguin Publishing Group, New American Library
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781440699931
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"Jim Butcher is a martial arts enthusiast with fifteen years of experience in various styles including Ryukyu Kempo, Tae Kwon Do, Gojo Shorei Ryu, and a sprinkling of Kung Fu. He is a skilled rider and has worked as a summer camp horse wrangler and performed in front of large audiences in both drill riding and stunt riding exhibitions. Jim enjoys fencing, singing, bad science fiction movies and live-action gaming. He lives in Missouri with his wife, son, and a vicious guard dog. Jim goes by the moniker Longshot in a number of online locales. He came by this name in the early 1990′s when he decided he would become a published author. Usually only 3 in 1000 who make such an attempt actually ma
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