All's Fair in Love and Blood
Jennifer Peel
5.0
Dead Witch Walking
by Kim Harrison
About this book
Rachel Morgan is a witch with a serious attitude problem and a career that keeps her on the front lines of a supernatural Cincinnati. As a runner for the Inderland Security Service, she spends her nights hunting down rogues and outlaws among the city’s secret population of vampires, werewolves, and pixies. But when she finally decides to quit her job to start a private agency, she discovers that her employers don't let their best agents walk away—especially when they have enough leverage to put a target on her back.
Forced into a desperate alliance with a sexy, high-society vampire and a foul-mouthed pixie, Rachel must navigate a lethal underworld to clear her name. This electrifying urban fantasy delivers the perfect blend of high-stakes action and slow-burn paranormal tension. It is a quintessential romp through a world where the laws of humanity no longer apply and the predator-eat-predator hierarchy is the only rule that matters.
If you are craving a gritty, fast-paced series with a sharp-tongued heroine and a complex supernatural society, this is your next obsession. It is a must-read for fans of witty dialogue, dangerous romances, and the kind of world-building that makes the shadows of the city feel dangerously alive.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- B07YN3FDX3
Reader Reviews
January 7, 2023
‘Dead Witch Walking’ is the inaugural entry to The Hallows series by author Kim Harrison and one of my earliest introductions to urban fantasy when it was initially released in 2004. I remember impatiently waiting for the next book each year and then staying up late reading and re-reading the stories about Rachel, a witch in Cincinnati who earns a living as a runner – part bounty hunter, part private detective – and constant trouble magnet. Then in 2014, the original series finished with Book...
November 9, 2011
I'm ashamed to admit this is the first book I've read by Kim Harrison. It certainly won't be my last. Any fan of fantasy, especially urban fantasy, will like this first book in the Hollows series. It's a great blend of our modern world mixed with a fantastical \"what if\". What if bioengineering went horribly wrong and wiped out half the population on earth, allowing the vampires and witches and other fantastical creatures an entry into society? Why, governmental bureaucracy and death threats...
December 15, 2011
Summary Rachel Morgan is a runner with the Inderland Runner Services, apprehending law-breakers throughout Cincinnati. She's also a witch, one of the many Inderlanders who revealed themselves after a genetically engineered virus wiped out 50 percent of humanity. Witches, warlocks, vampires, werewolves: the creatures of dreams and nightmares have lived beside humans for centuries, hiding their powers. But now they've stopped hiding, and nothing will be the same. On the run with a contract on her...
October 16, 2014
I absolutely loved this one. First of the main characters are a fantastic mix of paranormals. They are all, well the good characters, very likeable and you really feel yourself cheering for Rachel especially. It seems like she doesn't catch a break, but she is a strong character who doesn't complain, just tries to figure out a way to fix things. Given, often these are not fully thought through, but she doesn't give up and nothing deters her, making her a very strong character. I adore some of...
July 5, 2009
I vacillated between giving this a 2 or a 3 star, and gave it 3 to be nice. To place myself in readership, I'm a big fan of Harris, Briggs, and Butcher (Dresden) but gave up on Hamilton after 'Obsidian Butterfly.' After having read a great many of the reviews on this book, I suspect the five star reviewers have a personal stake in this book somehow and are rating the well-written, critical, lower-starred reviews poorly on purpose. I've seen it happen to other books reviewed on Amazon. I'm...
