Turn Coat, by Jim Butcher

I picked up this audio book at a sale, not knowing that it was part of a series and never having read anything by Jim Butcher before.

Was I pleasantly surprised or what!? I loved the story of Harry Dresden, private investigator and wizard, who is trying to save a friend, who has been framed for the murder of a very important wizard, from certain execution.

Naturally, whoever the real murderer is, he'll stop at nothing to prevent Dresden from finding out the truth, even if it means starting a war between the wizards and the vampires, which would surely result in casualties among regular humans as well.

Dresden will have to work extra hard to succeed, but luckily he can count on a few friends to help him out, specifically a couple of werewolves and a very industrious fairy name Toot-toot. Unfortunately, he might run out of time before "justice" is carried out.

Even though this book is part of a series, called The Dresden Files, it perfectly stands alone, meaning I was able to follow along without knowing anything about any of the many characters in it. Butcher does a good job of providing the necessary back story, which is excellent for the occasional reader.

Naturally, now I want to read the whole series. I've already started the first book, Storm Front.

Oh, the audio book is read by James Marsters. I didn't know his work before, but he's excellent here.

Grade: 9