In the third outing of private detective of the gods Tom Statford, a woman shows up in his office claiming to have been murdered. What's worse is she's a target of a fire god. With four other bodies involved, along with Chinese organized crime, Tom has to figure out who killed the girl, and who is using a god as an assassin. No big deal, right? Before it's all over, this case will give the phrase "May you live in interesting times" a whole new meaning...