The Dresden Files/Proven Guilty

Book #8 in The Dresden Files.

Dark magic is afoot in Chicago. Harry Dresden, now a Warden of the White Council, finds himself dealing with the politics of the magical world, learning where the mercurian White Court stands in the war between the White Council and the vampires, and investigating a series of attacks by creatures that feed on fear.

Needless to say, this is a really, really bad time for him to take on an apprentice.

Tropes associated with Proven Guilty:
"Harry: "...you're going to do everything in your power to be the most respectful, loving, respectful, considerate and respectful daughter in the whole wide world.""
 * Always a Bigger Fish: After escaping
 * Badass Normal: Charity Carpenter is a really good swordfighter. Who do you think Michael’s been practicing against all these years?
 * Batman Cold Open: The book begins with the execution of a warlock, and much of the plot of the story is about how to handle another warlock.
 * Batman Gambit: It is never truly said whether  started the events in motion to help save  but the plan works out perfectly in the end. See Gambit Pileup for more.
 * Can Not Tell a Lie: The Faery Queens Maeve and Lily.
 * Cold Blooded Torture: Committed by Harry on a pair of ghouls after they kill two sixteen year old wizards in New Mexico.
 * Contrived Coincidence: Basically a superpower of the Knights of the Cross. Harry invokes it intentionally to try and save 's life..
 * Department of Redundancy Department:

"Harry: Get away from her, you bitch!"
 * Distracted From Death:
 * Gambit Pileup: The plot is initially presented as an investigation by Harry into attacks by the phages against the horror movie convention, but it rapidly becomes much more complex when Thomas starts acting secretive and tails Harry around town, then the Sidhe Ladies start plucking strings, and it gets even muddier when Madrigal Raith gets involved, planning to . By the end of the book, it looks like Lily manipulates , while Maeve manipulated  , and it is hinted that  , and then at the trial at the very end of the book it appears   And to top it all off, at the very, very end of the trial,  , which may mean that   And the Black Council was apparently involved at one level or another, somewhere. Just as planned.
 * Groin Attack:
 * Hellfire:
 * Lawyer Friendly Cameo: Some phobophages take the shape of horror movie monsters to inspire fear. Harry ends up fighting an unnamed creature which drools heavily and has acid for blood. Harry obviously recognizes it as a Xenomorph, as he spends the rest of the fight using quotes from the movies as one-liners, while very carefully not mentioning its name.
 * Lawyer Friendly Cameo: Some phobophages take the shape of horror movie monsters to inspire fear. Harry ends up fighting an unnamed creature which drools heavily and has acid for blood. Harry obviously recognizes it as a Xenomorph, as he spends the rest of the fight using quotes from the movies as one-liners, while very carefully not mentioning its name.
 * Lawyer Friendly Cameo: Some phobophages take the shape of horror movie monsters to inspire fear. Harry ends up fighting an unnamed creature which drools heavily and has acid for blood. Harry obviously recognizes it as a Xenomorph, as he spends the rest of the fight using quotes from the movies as one-liners, while very carefully not mentioning its name.

"Harry: Crap."
 * While storming the base of the villains, Harry faces "Bucky the Murder Doll" and states that he could never understand how anybody found it scary.
 * Like Parent Like Spouse: Harry attributes Molly's infatuation with him to this.
 * Locked Out of the Loop: Inverted. Charity has the deep dark secret. No one else knows but Harry after figuring it out on his own.
 * Mama Bear: Charity Carpenter more than fits this trope.
 * My God What Have I Done: There is the famous instance where Harry fights a xenomorph, including quoting from the movie with "Get away from her, you bitch!" as he proceeds to roast and smash the beast repeatedly until it is turned into chunky salsa. Moments later, however, he learns the "her" he was rescuing has bled out and died, and he is left to wonder if he wasted the chance to save her because he was indulging in blasting the monster repeatedly instead, and in turn whether that enjoyment had something to do with Lasciel's coin's influence on him.
 * Oh Crap: Harry learns

"Harry: Get away from her, you bitch!"
 * He has another one later in the same book, when he realizes that
 * A third time for Harry would occur when Michael admits, After a moment of thinking on it, Harry is happpy and would want that as well.
 * Shout Out: A few.
 * At one point, though it's not stated outright, Harry fights a Xenomorph.

"Harry: How about a little fire, Scarecrow?"
 * Deliberately invoked by Harry wielding Fire against a Scarecrow-like Fetch:

"I started to get annoyed, but was struck by the disturbing thought that if I did, I would be coming down on the same side of the situation as Charity, which might be one of the signs of the apocalypse."
 * Sign of the Apocalypse:

""That was Bucky the Murder Doll."
 * So Proud of You:.
 * Take That:

"Kind of a wimp."

"Must have been the runt of the litter."

"Personally. I never understood how anyone could have found that thing frightening to begin with.""


 * What You Are in The Dark: During  trial at the end of the book the Senior Council has voted unanimously for a "guilty" verdict and immediate execution. However, it's pointed out that the Gatekeeper, who usually abstains, has not yet cast his vote, and he spends many minutes contemplating how to act. Multiple characters point out that it does not matter how he votes, since his one vote will not overrule the other six votes that have already been cast, but he points out that, even if it bares no influence on the outcome of the trial, it is still his responsibility to give the situation his most serious judgement.
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Two examples of untrained practitioners whose minds are tainted and warped by Dark Magic. The Korean boy in the start of the book and