title: Brief Cases (Dresden Files)
author:  Jim Butcher 
description: <b>Praise for Jim Butcher and the Dresden Files</b><br /> <br /> Think <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i> starring Philip Marlowe.<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /> <br /> Superlative.<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br /> <br /> One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery genres on the shelves.<i>Cinescape</i><br /> <br /> Butcher...spins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a well-crafted, supernaturally charged setting. The supporting cast is again fantastic, and Harrys wit continues to fly in the face of a peril-fraught plot.<i>Booklist</i> (starred review)<br /> <br /> Whats not to like about this series?...It takes the best elements of urban fantasy, mixes it with some good old-fashioned noir mystery, tosses in a dash of romance and a lot of high-octane action, shakes, stirs, and serves.SF Site<br /> <br /> A tricky plot complete with against-the-clock pacing, firefights, explosions, and plenty of magic. Longtime series fans as well as newcomers drawn by the SciFi Channels TV series based on the novels should find this supernatural mystery a real winner.<i>Library Journal</i><br /> <br /> What would you get if you crossed Spenser with Merlin? Probably you would come up with someone very like Harry Dresden, wizard, tough guy and star of [the Dresden Files].<i>The Washington Times</i>
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  ## Jim Butcher
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## Acknowledgments
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I owe another round of thanks to the usual suspects: the inmates of the Beta
  Foo Asylum, both long-term and recent arrivals. The Dresden Files's new
  editor, the warm and gracious Anne Sowards-are you sure you actually live in
  NYC, Anne? My agent, Jennifer Jackson, who has been doing ten kinds of running
  around getting various deals put together and for whom I am most grateful.
  
  
  More thanks to my family, for their continuing support and love. To Shannon
  for being who she is, and whose good opinion I would work ten… well wait, 