This is the 1st of a series of 8 books called the 'Dresden Files'. Harry Dresden is a wizard but the interesting part is that he is a wizard in modern day Chicago who is also a starving private eye. He does some consulting work with the police and takes on weird and mysterious cases.
This book develops the character of Harry Dresden really well. He's hungry and always looking for more work but bound by human and wizard ethics he's kept from using his powers for bad. The end of the book is definitely the best part, makes you want to get book2 and see really how good a wizard is Harry Dresden.
I'd recommend this book for anybody who likes Harry Potter but with a slightly more adult outlook and with a modern day outlook to boot. I'm definitely going to read at least a couple more books in the Dresden files.
