1) American fantasy novel 
[The Dresden Files] Dead Beat is the 7th book in The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher`s continuing series about wizard detective Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. It is available in print and e-book. ==Plot summary== It`s three days before Halloween and nearly a year after the events in Blood Rites. Mavra, from the previous novel, orders Dres...
• See Beat, n., 7.
Dead` beat' See Beat , noun , 7. [ Low, U.S.]