From the author of "Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos" comes a laugh-aloud adventure where Meg Langslow, working the switchboard temporarily, finds that the company's practical joker really is dead--not just pretending.
A student is missing, a coffin is found, and John Rebus must match wits with a fiendishly clever killer as ancient and modern evils are brought together in contemporary Scotland.
Cassandra de Warenne feels an overwhelming attraction for Antonio de la Barca, her jet-setting sister's boyfriend, unaware of a lingering connection between their families based on an ancient tragedy.