“tried it from the Nevernever side, too. It was failed spell number three.” Page 284 Turn Coat This were spells next to the copper summoning circle in Harry’s lab, Leas Murder Garden did not exist at this time, so in Changes Harry didn’t blithely Gateway into it, and suggests Lea is still on ice at this point.
Not necessarily. I think Lea has a LOT of fine-grained control over the "murder garden." She could easily have remodeled it; she may
routinely remodel it, so it's never the same on successive visits (frustrating both attempts to "scout" and attempts to "retreat, and come back better-prepared"). Remember too, the "Murder Garden" didn't instantly trigger when Harry brought Bob over. If Harry only stepped through for a moment, cast his (rather quick) Tracking Spell, and then stepped back, the Garden may not have reacted. Or, Harry may only have
opened a gateway, but didn't even
enter the Nevernever. He may have seen nothing more than a slice of tree-line, or something insufficient to spot the "garden path" nature of the domain Lea had crafted there. Last but not least, he may have just been too worried about Molly, and -- not actually wanting to make his way down the Garden Path -- not registered the details in any way that mattered when he came back later.
Last but not least... it may be YACE...
Yet Another Continuity Error.
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does anyone know if the Beta Readers maintain a database of those, for Jim to occasionally go through and see if he can retcon the discrepancies?
Or would that be too anal-retentive... yah, probably...)
“My solicitor will swallow you whole and spit out the bones.” Binder page 289 Turn Coat. We don’t actually get to see Binders lawyer, he should be there why isn’t he? Is it because he is keeping a low profile from Harry?and doing other things?
Lawyer may be en route; that may have been bluster on Binder's part; they threaten him with legal consequences, he points out the legal weaknesses. Even 1st-trial-ever Public Defender could use the weaknesses in their legal case!
Besides, the cop-questioning-before-lawyer-arrives is a major trope in crime fiction (which Dresden Files is!).
“Yet given recent history, the actions of a known enemy seem a far more likely source for LaFortier’s murder than those of some nameless, faceless third party.” Ancient Mai page 401Turn Coat.
Would Jim actually name Cowl‘s real identity in such a manner thumbing his nose at his readers, why yes he would, laughing manically.
... “And after that, the Council as a whole believed that there might be a faceless, nameless organization running amok in the world—“ page 142.
I think that's just Jim repeating a similar phrase, in the same context.
One major problem I have with Nameless being very important is he has only appeared in a novella, not in one of the case files. Many readers of the series will never read The Law or any of the short stories. I want to see Nameless play an important role in one of the novels before I'll consider that he may be a major player.
Largely agree with this, though I'd emphasize things slightly differently:
As noted, many DF readers don't keep up with the "minor" works. Most of the DF readers I know (in my f2f/offline life) haven't read any of the graphic novels, and with the short collections readership is about 50/50; maybe I am an outier datum, though. I presume Jim has the sales data to hand.
But The Law is not just "a short" -- it's a short with a
sharply limited (Kindle/Audible only)
distribution.
I don't think Jim is going to put important clues & plot-development into such a limited-readership story.