Anita Blake was hired by the FBI to solve cases that ordinary people cannot comprehend. Anita can not only see vampires and shape-shifters, but she can also hunt them and bring them to justice. Moreover, whenever there are supernatural events in the city, Anita is called because she is the best agent for the job. Once again St. Louis gets hit by a treacherous thing and the local police have no idea what is happening to the town. People are getting killed and the killer is hard to track down.
The hints or the clues which are found a lead to a graveyard which is odd. It seems that someone is operating through the grave and it is something that is not possible in the real world of flesh.
Anita Blake also gets stunned initially but she knows that such a thing is possible as there are souls who never rest in peace and they cause trouble for others in the world of the living. Although Anita gets to the target the real problem is to find a way to stop that evil because the dead cannot be brought to justice.
Laurell K. Hamilton’s stories like Circus of the Damned and Death of a Darklord are true legends and this one has also climbed to the same reputation. The garnishing is done by Kimberly Alexis who was charged with the duty to narrate this part of the series. There are many hidden aspects in this novel and it is more like the peeling of the onion because the listener has to look into one matter at a time. The layers keep all of the listeners engaged in the story.