Summer Knight (Book Four of the Dresden Files)

By Jim Butcher
I really dig the version of Faery in Butcher’s books. The fey cannot tell a lie, for example, but don’t have to tell you the truth, either, which makes them very interesting characters. This book follows Dresden’s efforts to figure out who killed the Summer Knight, the human champion of the Summer court of Faery, and why. He’s under pressure from the Winter Court (whose queen stands suspected of the murder) to solve it, and from the White Council of Wizards to broker a deal with the Winter Queen — they need her as an ally in the brewing war between wizards and vampires.
This is a politics-heavy book, but Butcher balances the politics with humanity very well. Dresden is a good guy who has done some bad things in his time, and he has to come to terms with them. Good stuff. I’m taking a little break from the Dresden Files – I’m halfway through the series now and don’t want to rush through ’em only to find myself whining about how long Butcher is taking writing new ones.
Book 8 in 2007.