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Dresden visits his old associate, the medium Mortimer Lindquist, for some answers. Mortimer points out locate six areas of Black Magic which the local spirits are avoiding and where recent murders occurred. Dresden and Butters examine one of the Black Magic area victims and accidentally find flash drive in a corpse.

Dresden searches for Die Lied der Erlking at an arcane book store near the University of Chicago. He meets Sheila, a recently hired employee of the bookstore, who assists him in finding a copy. Outside the bookstore, Dresden is attacked by two wizards, Cowl and a his attendant Kumori, for possession of the book. Fighting them to a standstill and utterly exhausted, Harry is saved by the Alphas, who are students at the University. With police sirens getting closer, Kumori and Cowl flee, and the Alphas get Harry home to rest.

According to the safer section of Bob`s mind, Kemmler wrote down much of his dark lore in three books: the Blood, the Mind and the Heart of Kemmler. It stands to reason that the Word would be a unknown fourth book and that the few surviving disciples of Kemmler will be looking for it. Dresden consults Dr. Butters, the Chicago assistant coroner, about any peculiar recent deaths that could be linked to necromancy. They are attacked by zombies under the necromancer Grevane. Harry and Butters escape to Dresden's warded apartment. Dresden leaves Butters with Mouse to follow a lead, the book Die Lied der Erlking Grevane had in his hand during the attack.

Dresden has not heard of The Word, so he consults his spirit assistant Bob who used to belong to Kemmler, the most powerful necromancer in a thousand years who was killed (for the seventh time) by the white council in 1961. In an attempt to access the information that Kemmler stored inside Bob, Harry forces the spirit to open the darkest recesses of itВAs mind. That part of bob does know Word is but by talking in riddles he nearly tricks Harry into killing himself thru an improvised ritual, as a punishment for trying to steal "the Masters" secrets.

It's three days before Halloween and nearly a year after the events in . Mavra, from the previous novel, forces Dresden to locate The Word of Kemmler for her within 3 days, or Murphy will be setup for the murder of one of Mavra's minions last year.

Dead Beat is the 7th book in , 's continuing series about wizard detective .

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