Deadlock'Who're you working for then, Warshawski?' 'My cousin.' 'Boom Boom? He's dead.' 'I know. That's why I'm working for him.' Boom Boom's body was found floating near the docks, chewed up and spat out by a ship's propeller. More like brother and sister than cousins, Vic and Boom Boom looked out for each other. Boom Boom grew up to be an ice hockey hero, and Vic a private eye. And now V. I. Warshawski would like to know how, exactly, her cousin died . . .

under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy

and investment banking

the Iron Tiger Troop

the cumulative power of all the senses: sight

home of Columbia's infamous drugs cartel

Don’t get me wrong—I could be doing a whole lot worse than pumping out thread all day while cooped up in some demon’s mansion

Becka on the other hand has a full soccer scholarship to the University of Arkansas and a summer plans which in no way includes her oddball cousin K

A man steps off the midnight bus at Port Authority

Bake them some 1000-year Curse Cookies

watching this all unfold is Yu’s old schoolmate Injae

This book covers the entire cast of supernatural beings from gods to trolls heroes to monsters and deals with the social and historical background to the myths topics such as burial rites sacrificial practices and runes

the oppressive society around her