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Long Past Dues by James J. Butcher

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Also by James J. Butcher:

Grim Folk Tale, January 2027
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Cold Iron Task, March 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
Long Past Dues, September 2024
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Long Past Dues, October 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
Dead Man's Hand, September 2023
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Dead Man's Hand, October 2022
Hardcover / e-Book

LONG PAST DUES
By: James J. Butcher

Unorthodox Chronicles
Ace
October 2023
On Sale: October 10, 2023
416 pages
ISBN: 0593440439
EAN: 9780593440438
Kindle: B0BS2TK7W2
Hardcover / e-Book
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Trade Paperback (September 2024)

Fantasy

Grimsby, the newest Auditor in the magical Department of Unorthodox Affairs, finds himself in hot water when he intercepts a friend’s case in this fast-paced and thrilling urban fantasy.

Against all odds, Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby has become an Auditor, enforcing laws about magic for Boston’s Department of Unorthodox Affairs. But Grimsby soon realizes the daily grind of his job is far removed from the glamour he imagined. Overlooked for every exciting case, Grimsby tires of being told to handle mundane magical troubles, and appropriates a case file intended for a friend.

Alongside Leslie Mayflower, the temporarily unretired Huntsman, Grimsby aims to crack the case and discover the origin of a strange, unfinished ritual—one that seems to imitate the handiwork of a foe Mayflower put down twenty years ago.

Together, they’ll have to deal with escaped werewolves, a cursed artifact, and a perilous journey to the mysterious subterranean city below Boston, all to uncover the shocking truth. At any cost, Grimsby must stop this ritual from finally being completed. Yet the cost may be paid not by himself but by his friends. . . .

The Unorthodox Chronicles

Dead Man's Hand
DEAD MAN'S HAND
#1.0 β€’ October 2022
Long Past Dues
LONG PAST DUES
#2.0 β€’ October 2023
Cold Iron Task
COLD IRON TASK
#3.0 β€’ March 2025
Grim Folk Tale
GRIM FOLK TALE
#4.0 β€’ January 2027