Things begin going wrong for Rachel Morgan right off the bat, as usual. First, the fish mascot she rescues for a local baseball team from its rival turns out to be the wrong fish - the missing one wasn't really missing, leaving her stiffed for her fee. Then, she is drawn into an FIB case.

Witches are being killed, and the common thread uniting the serial murder victims happens to be that they met with Rachel's nemesis, Trent Kalamack, the man who put Rachel and her current love, Nick, into the rat fights as a mink and rat destined to fight to the death. The victims are also ley line witches. The FIB sends Rachel back to school undercover, as it so happens under a teacher who is determined to fail her.

Soon, Rachel finds that the way forward is the way back, as she must look into her own past to find answers to the present dilema. Then, things become confusing and dangerous for her. Nick harbors a deadly secret that could cost both of them their souls. Ivy Tamwood, Rachel's best friend, partner, and living vampire, teeters on the edge of going off her blood fast- with Rachel.

Someone wants Rachel dead, which is really nothing new. A charming, almost, demon, is determined to draw her into the ever after, which would make death look like fun. The FIB and IS are bureaucratic dolts. The only people who really appear wholly on Rachel's side and have lied the least to her, if at all are Jenks, her pixie partner and Trent Kalamack, who is supposed to be her enemy.

Life gets weird.

If you like Dead Witch Walking, you will love this. Rachel combines Stephanie Plum's daffiness with Eve Dallas' toughness. Her world is vast and complex as that of Sookie Stackhouse or Anita Blake. Jenks is a hoot, plain and simple. Though I'm not sure what to make of Ivy or Nick yet, Trent is turning out to be a fascinating character. Though at first blush he's a villain, by book's end, you might want to change your mind.