This is the third volume featuring Varigo, home of Spanish crime. Now including Reading Group notes for discusssion and Interview with the Author. Happiness, it is said, is a matter of balance. Pepe of the Guardia Civil in Varigo agrees because he can see that his bank balance is not a happy matter, nor is his sex life. Money would help in both cases. To this end, he partners up with the foreigner Stuart Christopher, marijuana grower extraordinaire. That is until he finds his partner shot between the eyes, ready for the compost heap. On the one hand, it is a loss, on the other, it is a business opportunity. So he turns for help to that master of incompetence, el Capit#65533;n, who has contacts. And from there on his life goes to pot. Meanwhile, Sargenta Carmen is coming closer to the truth. Jes#65533;s the healer gets drawn into the investigation when the murdered man's body turns up in the boot of his car and an amigo becomes a suspect. Pepe too seeks help from Jes#65533;s when he's on the point of being charged with... everything probably. Zen gardening at its finest...