An object of desire? Or of fear?It was stolen from a New Orleans gravethe centuries-old bust of an evil man, a demonic man. Its an object desired by collectorsand by those with wickedness in their hearts.One day, its current owner shows up at Danni Caffertys antiques shop on Royal Street, the shop she inherited from her father. But before Danni can buy the statue, it disappears, the owner is found deadand Danni discovers that shes inherited much more than she realized. In the store is a book filled with secret writing instructions for defeating evil entities. Shed dismissed it as a curiosityuntil the arrival of this statue, with its long history of evil and even longer trail of death.Michael Quinn, former cop and now private investigator, is a man with an unusual past.
