Carpenter home

The Carpenter home is the home of the Carpenter family, led by Michael and Charity Carpenter. There are frequently scenes that take place there throught the series starting with Grave Peril.

Description
The home of the Carpenter family is in an old neighborhood lined with ancient trees and old victorian houses some having been restore. It had a more elegant appearance than the rest of he neighborhood and didn't blend well.

Appearance
In Grave Peril, the house looked like it was made of gingerbread with elegant trim and painted in ivory and burgundy and with a white picket fence around the yard.

In Death Masks, the house is a colonial with a white picket fence in the front. Teh front looked like it could be in Better Homes and Gardens and the back looked like it could be in a Craftsman commercial.

The yard
The front yard had a few shady trees with well-kept shrubs, The back yard had a large tree in the center of the lawn  that cast a lot of shade in the summer and held a fortress-like tree-house for the kids. The tree-house had finished walls, an actual window and guardrails all around—and a porch. There was an addition being built to the back of the house. The garage was full of lumber.

Details

 * Location: in the neighborhood west of Wrigley Field.
 * There are several guardian angels wearing black suits around the house. Uriel says that michael and his family more than earned them.
 * The house had a threshold "more solid and extensive than the grab wall of China."

Unique characteristics

 * In Death Masks, the grass is green around their house and it's February. Harry says: "God works in mysterious ways."
 * There were sagging snowmen in the yard.

In the series
In Grave Peril,

In Death Masks:
 * Harry goes to the house seeking Michael to be his second for the duel with Paolo Ortega. He talks with Molly in the tree-house and when Charity return wiht the groceries, he helps out unloading the car of bags and kids, along with Shiro Yoshimo. Shiro ultimately volunteers to by Harry's second for the duel and seems to be an old hand at it. Charity is snappish as usual at Harry but puts him to work in the kitchen while Shiro makes arrangements for the meeting of the seconds at McAnally's Pub.


 * Later, Harry and Susan Rodriguez went over there. Father Forthill answered the door. Charity was gone, taking the children to her mothers. Anna Valmont was sleeping in the guest room. Michael and Sanya were investigating Denarian activity in St. Louis. Forthill told Harry some things about the Nicodemus Archleone and the Denarians and their being the main enemy of the Knights of the Cross Forthill also told him about Lasciel. Valmont escaped in Harry's car. Harry spotted Forthill's tattoo: the Eye of Thoth. He told how he and Father Vincent got in seminary school. It was the same tattoo Harry saw on the corpse in the Forensic Institute. That was the clue Harry needed to solve the case—Father Vincent was not the real Vincent.

In Proven Guilty, Harry brings Molly Carpenter home after picking her up at the police station. Later, in a big spell that Harry set up at the SplatterCon!!! convention, he mistakenly redirected three of four Phobophages to the Carpenter Home where Molly was. When he got there in the aftermath of the attack, Harry found the place a mess and seemingly empty of people. Thomas found Daniel Carpenter in the treehouse and he told Harry it was movie monsters—The Reaper, Hammerhands and Scarecrow—that attacksd them and abducted Molly. He also told Harry that his mom and the kids were in the panic room.

In Small Favor, Harry trained Molly with shields using snowballs and her siblings help in the yard of their house. Charity stuffed snow down Harry's shirt. Then Gruffs attacked. Charity and the kids go into rehearsed action to get to the safe room. Charity uses a nail gun on one of the Gruffs. Harry and Thomas Raith took Akariel's coin, Gard and Hendricks there after they badly wounded by Tessa and her Denarian pack. Harry and Michael discussed Lasciel's coin and his small son Harry—the talk turnsed heated and they almost came to blows. Harry talked with Gard about who could have betrayed Marcone and gets a locker number. Michael brings Harry and Kincaid there after the battle at the Shedd Aquarium. They discuss how to get Ivy back. Harry wrote her a note for courage: they're coming for her. Nicodemus came demanding a talk with or all in the house would get shot. Harry bargains Fidelacchius for Ivy. Harry confronts Michael about not trusting him. Michael shows Harry his mind was tampered with by removing the blocks with prayer. Murphy and Harry talk about Kincaid, Molly looking in his mind, Harry has a Denarian coin. Karrin insisted on coming with them to get Ivy in Kincaid's place. Harry bumps into Anastasia Luccio in the laundry room.

In Ghost Story, Fitz, Zero and the gang getting fed at their house by Charity until something can be figured out what to do about them. Uriel takes Harry's ghost there to see his daughter and Mouse.

In Cold Days, Harry and Molly go to the house in the Munstermobile to pick up Mouse after his friends—Waldo Butters, Andi, Justine, Mac—were kidnapped by Redcap.

External References

 * Wrigleyville - A Chicago Neighborhood Guide
 * Lake View, Chicago - Wikipedia
 * Wrigley Field - Wikipedia