When Harry Dresden, Chicago's only advertised Wizard PI, finds the White Council of Wizards' executioner, and Harry's nemesis, on his doorstep bleeding and now wanted by the same council, one would think karma is finally answering Harry by turning the tables on his antagonist. Warden Morgan has doggedly pursued Harry for years, waiting for that one slip up that would enable him to pass down the judgment that would lose Harry his head. But now Morgan is wanted by the very same council for a murder he claims he has been set up for.

Harry, of course, has a soft spot for the underdog, and agrees to help prove Morgan's innocence, but in doing so, places his own neck, as usual, as well as those close to him, on the line. If he is found out to be hiding Morgan, and fails to find the true turn coat in the White Council, he too will lose his head.

Harry enlists the help of his half-brother Thomas, a White Court vampire, as well as friends Detective Karrin Murphey, Toot-toot and his faeries, and the werewolves from previous stories. With them, we get to see a little more of the alternative world that exists in the Dresdenverse. We find answers to questions from as far back as the first novel, yet you still feel you have more to learn in future stories.

TURN COAT is the 11th book in Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series, and as always, strongly mixes a very real world with the magical in a well written mystery. His use of pop culture, with such uses as listing a hit in craiglist.com, brings you a sense of reality while introducing you to more of the supernatural world surrounding Harry. For instance, when Harry steps into Thomas' world of the White Court vampires we see the somewhat hidden dark culture clubs of our own reality and how in the alternative Dresdenverse they are a perfect fit for the succubae vampires of the White Court.

His characters are fully filled out, from Harry's sarcastic humor and strict sense of accountability for his actions, to a moment of tenderness with Detective Karrin Murphey; you know who these people are while twisting you through a series of clues and subplots to keep you completely involved in the story. We see Harry evolve through this book toward a higher status with the Wizard's Council, as well as a greater awareness of his own limitations and abilities, but not without sacrifices on Harry's part.

Even though this book is well into an existing series, I would recommend it to new readers of the series. It is so well contained that one may enjoy it on its own, but you will get the bug to go back and read them all.

Now I wait another year for the next adventure Harry steps into, and bask in the knowledge that we are only half way there. Butcher has intended to have twenty some books in this series.