In this wickedly funny crime novel, Lillian Byrd is a small-time reporter with a flair for making big mistakes - like getting fired for rejecting the boss's son - so her investigation into the disappearances of women around the Detroit area might not be the best idea. But when one of the missing women turns up dead and Lillian recognises the curiously mutilated corpse, she's in too deep to get out. After blowing the case for the police and revealing herself to the killers, she has only herself to blame - well, almost.