When things blow up on Matt Cramer, they can be messy. This time the mess might be blood. Whatever it is, right now that bloody mess is all over the walls. A newly minted private investigator, Matt returned to Silver City, New Mexico to open his office. This isn't a good start. Josh, the office painter, is missing and that's not a good sign. Nor is the ominous attitude of Officer Ravenwalk, or the fact that the local coffee shop is owned by witches, or that Matt somehow has found himself partnering with a shaman and the blood, if it is blood, is somehow tied to a woman's disappearance—a disappearance that might involve aliens. Welcome to Silver City, New Mexico, where things are seldom truly wrong, but never quite right, either.