🕵️ Wizard Detective

Fantasy meets noir as magic-wielding investigators solve crimes that mundane police cannot, navigating enchanted underworlds with a spell in one hand and a clue in the other.

Fool Moon

by Jim Butcher • 2001

Full-moon murders plague Chicago. A wizard detective has three nights to catch a cursed killer.

3.97

214k+

🌃 Werewolf Noir 🐺 Cursed Werewolf 🩸 Inherited Curse 🕴️ FBI Conspiracy 🌕 Multiple Werewolf Types

Fool Moon

Full-moon murders plague Chicago. A wizard detective has three nights to catch a cursed killer.

by Jim Butcher 2001

3.97

214k+ ratings

🌃 Werewolf Noir 🐺 Cursed Werewolf 🩸 Inherited Curse 🕴️ FBI Conspiracy 🌕 Multiple Werewolf Types

Ghost Story

by Jim Butcher • 2011

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

4.25

107k+

👻 Ghost Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice 💔 Ghost's Regret

Ghost Story

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

by Jim Butcher 2011

4.25

107k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice 💔 Ghost's Regret

White Night

by Jim Butcher • 2007

A killer stalks Chicago's witches. The prime suspect is wizard PI Harry Dresden's own brother.

4.38

128k+

🩸 Vampire Conspiracy 🌃 Noir Urban Fantasy 🔍 Supernatural Whodunit ⚰️ Serial Killer 📚 Apprentice Wizard

White Night

A killer stalks Chicago's witches. The prime suspect is wizard PI Harry Dresden's own brother.

by Jim Butcher 2007

4.38

128k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Conspiracy 🌃 Noir Urban Fantasy 🔍 Supernatural Whodunit ⚰️ Serial Killer 📚 Apprentice Wizard

Blood Rites

by Jim Butcher • 2004

A wizard detective investigates a curse that kills through freak accidents on an adult film set.

4.29

140k+

🧛 Vampire Politics 👥 Hidden Sibling ❤️ Found Family 😏 Snarky Narrator 😈 Demonic Summoning

Blood Rites

A wizard detective investigates a curse that kills through freak accidents on an adult film set.

by Jim Butcher 2004

4.29

140k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Politics 👥 Hidden Sibling ❤️ Found Family 😏 Snarky Narrator 😈 Demonic Summoning

Dead Beat

by Jim Butcher • 2005

Blackmailed by a vampire, Dresden must stop necromancers from devouring Chicago's dead on Halloween.

4.41

135k+

💀 Dark Necromancy 🧚 Faerie Bargains 😏 Snarky Protagonist 🧟 Zombie Mayhem 🌃 Noir Urban Fantasy

Dead Beat

Blackmailed by a vampire, Dresden must stop necromancers from devouring Chicago's dead on Halloween.

by Jim Butcher 2005

4.41

135k+ ratings

💀 Dark Necromancy 🧚 Faerie Bargains 😏 Snarky Protagonist 🧟 Zombie Mayhem 🌃 Noir Urban Fantasy

Proven Guilty

by Jim Butcher • 2006

Fear-eating monsters attack a horror convention, and a wizard must trace them into the Winter Court.

4.39

130k+

🕵️ Urban Fantasy Noir 👹 Fear-Eating Monsters 🧓 Reluctant Mentor ✨ Corrupting Magic 🧝 Faerie Politics

Proven Guilty

Fear-eating monsters attack a horror convention, and a wizard must trace them into the Winter Court.

by Jim Butcher 2006

4.39

130k+ ratings

🕵️ Urban Fantasy Noir 👹 Fear-Eating Monsters 🧓 Reluctant Mentor ✨ Corrupting Magic 🧝 Faerie Politics

Changes

by Jim Butcher • 2010

To save his daughter from the Red Court, a wizard bargains with the Queen of Winter.

4.51

124k+

🧛 Vampire Enemies 👨‍👧 Parental Rescue 🧚 Faerie Bargains 🖤 Moral Descent ⚔️ Supernatural War

Changes

To save his daughter from the Red Court, a wizard bargains with the Queen of Winter.

by Jim Butcher 2010

4.51

124k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Enemies 👨‍👧 Parental Rescue 🧚 Faerie Bargains 🖤 Moral Descent ⚔️ Supernatural War

Grave Peril

by Jim Butcher • 2001

When Chicago's ghosts go berserk, a wizard traces the mayhem to a vampire queen's deadly invitation.

4.13

180k+

🧛 Vampire Politics 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🧚 Faerie Bargains 😏 Snarky Narrator 🎬 Pulpy Action

Grave Peril

When Chicago's ghosts go berserk, a wizard traces the mayhem to a vampire queen's deadly invitation.

by Jim Butcher 2001

4.13

180k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Politics 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🧚 Faerie Bargains 😏 Snarky Narrator 🎬 Pulpy Action

Small Favor

by Jim Butcher • 2008

Wizard Harry Dresden owes Mab a favor: find a vanished crime lord before Summer's killers do.

4.43

118k+

❄️ Fae Debt 😈 Fallen Angel Villains ✨ Soul Magic 🕵️ Supernatural Noir 👑 Faerie Court Intrigue

Small Favor

Wizard Harry Dresden owes Mab a favor: find a vanished crime lord before Summer's killers do.

by Jim Butcher 2008

4.43

118k+ ratings

❄️ Fae Debt 😈 Fallen Angel Villains ✨ Soul Magic 🕵️ Supernatural Noir 👑 Faerie Court Intrigue

Turn Coat

by Jim Butcher • 2009

Harry Dresden hides his worst enemy from the White Council. The real traitor is still inside.

4.44

113k+

🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔪 Framed For Murder 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🎭 Hidden Traitor ⚰️ Sacrificial Death

Turn Coat

Harry Dresden hides his worst enemy from the White Council. The real traitor is still inside.

by Jim Butcher 2009

4.44

113k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔪 Framed For Murder 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🎭 Hidden Traitor ⚰️ Sacrificial Death

Death Masks

by Jim Butcher • 2003

Fallen angels plan a plague, a vampire demands a duel, and one wizard must survive both.

4.29

149k+

😈 Fallen Angels ⚔️ Holy Knights 🔍 Artifact Hunt ⚡ Supernatural Duel 🌆 Modern Chicago

Death Masks

Fallen angels plan a plague, a vampire demands a duel, and one wizard must survive both.

by Jim Butcher 2003

4.29

149k+ ratings

😈 Fallen Angels ⚔️ Holy Knights 🔍 Artifact Hunt ⚡ Supernatural Duel 🌆 Modern Chicago

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