White Night (Dresden Files, #9)

by Jim Butcher

A series of apparent suicides rings alarm bells with the police. And before he knows it Harry Dresden, professional wizard, is hired to investigate. At the first crime scene he finds an unmistakable magical taint - and a message specially designed for him, referencing the killing of witches. Harry is desperate to hunt down his tormentor and halt the killings, but instead finds evidence implicating his half-brother, Thomas. To Harry, this just doesn't add up, so he must add clearing his brother's name to his expanding list. Something that didn't make the list is subtlety, and Harry's search attracts the attention of the White Court of vampires ...Soon, whichever way he turns, he faces a power struggle that will render him outnumbered, outclassed and dangerously susceptible to temptation. And if he screws up, his friends will die.

• ISBN10: 0451461401
• ISBN13: 9780451461407
• Publish Date: 3 April 2007
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 19 July 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Roc
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 407
• Language: English

Reviews

[Ben Pick]

This was a great novel, and worthy of 5 stars. However, it was held back by the over sexualization of Molly. Most of the first several books suffer from something similar, but from what I remember, this was the worst offender. Dresden seems to be in the nebulous early 40s range and in very few moments related to Molly does he seem like the more mature one.

[kimbacaffeinate]

Dresden teams up with Murphy off the book to solve the case and Murphy impressed me. Molly is showing her years and though I suspect Harry wants to kick her, even she has her moments and after a year under Dresden's apprenticeship we are seeing improvements. Mouse continues to be the best dog ever! If only he could share his thoughts like Oberon. (a nod to the Iron Druid Chronicles)

When Murphy asks Harry to look at a suicide we learn, we learn that someone is murdering female magic users that look like suicides. Butters shows Harry others. When Murphy is off the clock the two interview witnesses, and soon Harry forms a suspect. Could Thomas be involved?

Soon there are explosions, ghouls, vampires and the White Council involved. Harry has his hands full. The battle scenes were fantastic, detailed and intense. You can feel Butcher taking this series into darker territory as he weaves in some incredible moments, and twists. Don't worry he still adds plenty of humor to round things out.

I cannot get enough of these characters and world. There are so many quotable moments that resinated with me on life, pain, and loss.  This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Reviewer