Dead Witch Walking ~ Kim Harrison

This is the first in the Rachel Morgan series. Rachel is a witch, in an alternate United States, where there are as many vampires, witches, fairies, pixies and Were's as humans. She was a runner for a division of the Interlander law enforcement, when she decided to quit. now there is a contract out on her life, until she can raise enough money to pay off her debt from her contract with the government. Can she survive long enough to manage that?