Between

The Between is the place is beween the mortal world and the place where spirits got in the Afterlife. First mentioned in Ghost Story.

Description
The Between is where a humans spirit goes when there is some sort of irregularity with their death. And maybe for other reasons not mentioned. Harry asked it it was Purgatory and Captain Jack Murphy answered that he wasn't there to "cleanse himself" but he could call it that if it worked for him.

In the Story
In Ghost Story, after Harry was shot and died, he found himself in the Between. Ron Carmichael's ghost saved Harry from a train then escorted him in his Mustang to the Office. There, Harry uses his Sight and at the elevator is an angel, Amitiel, who was disguised as a guard whose gun was really a sword.

Captain Jack informed Harry that there's an irregularity with his death, that the "opposition" wanted Harry out of the way and broke the law—they cheated. Jack assigns Harry the task of solving his own murder in order to save three people he cares about who are in danger if he doesn't. He's not told which three. It's risky because Harry could be trapped there as a spirit for eternity if he never finds to killer.

Before Harry leaves, he discovers that Captain Jack is really really Captain Collin J. Murphy, Karrin Murphy's dad who used to run the Black Cat Investigaitons.

Characters

 * Captain Collin J. Murphy
 * Ron Carmichael
 * Amitiel
 * Harry Dresden