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Presentation of the main character Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. He is a wizard and private detective.
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Get a job offer from a woman named Monica. Offer is about her missing husband and they set up a meeting at his office
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Lieutenant Karrin Murphy is a police detective in the Chicago police department and is the director of Special Investigations, crimes dubbed unusual.
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Double homicide at the Madison Hotel. Probably done with magic
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After Dresden have been on the hotel. He gets approched by John Marcone and he asks him to stay out of the case "double homicide" case
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Monica tells Harry about her missing husband and says her husband has been interested in magic. She also explains that she is sceptical to magic. Monica gives Harry an envelope that contains a dead, dried scorpion.
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Dresden goes to a bar for wizards to relaxed. There he gets approached by a reporter for the Chicago Arcane, Susan Rodriguez
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Harry travels to Lake Providence to search for Victor Sells, who is Monicas missing husband, at their summer residence
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After Harry has investigated Victors summer residence and used magic he is confronted by his warden named Morgan. Morgan is tasked by the White counsil to oversee what Harry does with his magic
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Dresden goes to Bianca, the vampiress to question her about her involvment in the murders and her relationship with the victim Jennifer Stanton. When Harry starts asking difficult questions to Bianca she gets mad and attacks him so he has to defend himself with magic
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Harry arranges a meeting with a friend of the victim Jennifer Stanton. The meeting is with Linda Randall. He tries to get some information out of her but she wont say much
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As Dresden is about to get into his house, he gets hit in the back of his head and the unknown assailant. The assailant tells him to not investigate the murders anymore
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Harry and Murphy finds out that the one suppling the streets with the ThreeEye drug is the one responsible for the murders. The ThreeEye drug seems to make people connect with magic
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During a date with the journalist Susan Rodriguez they get attacked. The attacker is a demoed in the form of a human sized toad. They nearly gets killed by it but Dresden has a potion that transports them away form the scene. After the escape a mysterious shadow confronts them and warns them to stay away
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Randall is killed the same manner as the previous victims, Tommy Tomm and Jennifer Stanton, after this Dresden realises that the murders are connected with the weather and the the murderer is using the storm to get energy for his wizardry
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After leaving the murder scene of Linda Randall Harry gets attacked. The attacker is the same one from earlier but this time he cuts off some hair presumably to be used in some sort of magic against Dresden. The attacker escapes but Harry follows him with the use of magic and finds out that he is an employ of Marcone that has gone rouge and has helped the murderer
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Harry goes to Monica and speaks with her. She tells him about her husband Victor and his interest in dark magic. He then realises that it was Victor that stood behind the murders. He returns to their summer house in Lake Providence
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On his way to Lake Providence Harry gets a call for Murphy. She says that she has been attacked. Harry arrives and have to fight of a demon scorpion. He manages to defeat it and save Murphy
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When he arrives he finds that Victor is about to harvest the energy of the storm and use it on him. He walks in a battle ensues. Victor has the advantage in the beginning but in the end Harry prevails. He manages to throw him off the balcony and into a room full of fire and demon scorpions.