Grave Peril
Jim Butcher and James Marsters's Grave Peril (2001) is a ghost story novel. Much of the action takes place in Chicago, Ill. and Illinois. Key subjects include Harry Dresden, wizards and private investigators.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 64 ratings, and 57 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 17 editions across 3 languages. It appeared on the New York Times E-Book Fiction bestseller list in 2014.
It runs to roughly 432 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Grave Peril
Now in hardcover from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden Files.Harry Dresden's faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. All par for the course for Chicago's only professional wizard.But in all of Harry's years of supernatural sleuthing, he's never faced anything like this: the spirit world's gone postal. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing trouble—and not just of the door-slamming, 'boo'- shouting variety. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly.Someone—or something—is stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc. But why? And why do so many of the victims have ties to Harry? If Harry doesn't figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself.
Awards & lists
- 📰New York Times bestseller list — E-Book Fiction, 2014
Quick answers
Who wrote Grave Peril?
Grave Peril was written by Jim Butcher and James Marsters and first published in 2001.
What genre is Grave Peril?
It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories.
How long is Grave Peril?
The median edition has 432 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Grave Peril?
Readers who like it often enjoy Ghost Boys, Love Your Entity and It.
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