Fool Moon – by Jim Butcher
2001

This is the second book in The Dresden Files, a series that follows the adventures of private detective and wizard Harry Dresden. It is set in present day Chicago and mixes the hard-boiled detective novel with paranormal creatures and magic.

True to the genre, the novel starts with a damsel in distress. Kim Delaney approaches Harry, which is almost broke. Also true to the genre. She wants to know how to use magic circles to contain powerful creatures. Dresden blows her off, she ends up dead, and the story kicks off from there.

“With a sense of humor like that, you could make a living as a garbage man anywhere in the country.” 

A series of murders occur, and the victims seems to have been torn to pieces by large animals. Strangely enough most of them occur at full moon. The police believe they are chasing a serial killer, but Harry realizes that they are dealing with werewolves. The local Mob boss Johnny Marcone and the FBI also gets involved. Things get quite hairy (pun intended) and Harry almost ends up dead. But it all sorts out towards the end. I liked the surprising twist.

The novel is fast paced, full of action, and is narrated by Harry Dresden himself. Just like the classical genre is supposed to be. It’s a fairly easy and quick novel to read. I enjoyed it, and will probably pick up the next one in the series. When I say that I read it I meant listened to the audio book.

“I hadn’t gotten beaten up twice, shot, and nearly strangled to get taken out by a misguided werewolf bitch.”

Rating: 4/6
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