That`s what it seems like Garrett has committed himself to when Blake Peters calls in some overdue favors. Someone is trying to kill Peters`s boss, wealthy, retired General Stantnor, in a most lingering, painful, and maybe poisonous way. Can Garrett keep the general among the living? But Stantnor`s mansion holds a host of surprises for a detective who thought he`d seen it all. While the general is dying slowly, his employees are losing their lives at a far speedier rate. And when some of the recently departed try to enlist their comrades in the growing legions of the dead, Garrett knows it`s time to call in one of his own troops - in the person of Morley Dotes, the toughest half-elf around. With Morley guarding his back, Garrett has to find a way to get his hands on both the killer and the mansion`s two elusive beauties, who are invisible to everyone but Garrett!