Death Masks

Executive Summary: To me this is where the series stops being so formulaic and starts to get really intersting. I really enjoyed re-visiting this one.

Audio book: James Marsters gets better with each book. His Russian and Japanese accents are enjoyable in this one.

Full Review
While the book still follows the format of Harry gets a case and mayhem ensues, we at least break from the mysterious attractive female bit.

Someone has stolen the Shroud of Turin, and apparently fled to Chicago with it. The Vatican has hired Harry to help track it down.

In this book we get to meet the remaining Knights of the Cross Shiro the accidental Baptist (thank you Elvis Presley), and Sayno the Russian Atheist.

We also meet some of my favorite baddies in the series, Order of the Blackened Denarius.

I've seen complaints that this book suffers from the dual plot lines, but I don't find it an issue. I equate this to what many TV shows do. You have your on-going season story arc mingled in with story for that particular episode. Things are continuing to build and Dresden's focus is split.

It's hard to talk more about the book without getting into spoilers, but like most books in the series, it's a quick and fun read.