“I love Ethan Banning. His psychosis aside, he embodies what I imagine private eyes to be. He comes off as a man's man, a hardboiled detective, nosy, rude, and completely politically incorrect. ”
—Bastard, BastardBooks.Blogspot.Com

PI Ethan Banning is a desperate man.

He’s desperate to rid himself of the demon possessing him. He’s desperate to stop the nightmares and the evil urges it fills him with. He’s so desperate, he’s agreed to quit smoking and drinking in exchange for help. Professor Benedict Walters thinks he can exorcise Ethan with clean living and ancient history, but he won’t do it for free. Ethan’s got to track down Heather, a missing colleague of Walters in the quaint and creepy seaside town of Beacon’s Point. It should be simple...

But the locals are hostile and Heather may not want to be found. Even if Ethan can crack the case, he’s still got to deal with a trainee necromancer, his own fading self-control, and an ancient entity that terrifies Ethan’s own personal demon.

Crack the case? He may not even survive it.