The release date for the English version of 'Dead Beat' by
Jim Butcher is May 2006. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Introducing Harry Dresden, the first (and only) Wizard P.I. in Chicago. It turns out that there are a lot of weird and mystical things in the "everyday" world, and most of them don't get along with people. Harry steps in at this point.
Fortunately, he's not alone himself. His close buddy Karrin Murphy leads the Chicago Police Department's Special Investigations unit, despite the fact that most people don't think magic exists. They handle the... weirder situations. Harry slips into Graceland Cemetery to meet Mavra, a vampire, and it's up to Karrin to stop him. Mavra's demands are straightforward, and she has proof that will ruin Karrin's career. She desires the Word of Kemmler together with all of its power. Harry, however, is eager to find out what he will be giving up first. Soon, he finds himself in a race against six necromancers and time to get the Word. Furthermore, to avoid a Halloween that might really awaken the dead.
Magic has the power to murder a man.