Grave Report

As far as numbers go, it isn't a great one. Hell, it's not even a good one and Vincent Graves is going to find out just how unlucky of a number it can be. Because someone, or something, is killing people in the Empire state, and whatever it is, it gives people everything they ever desired and more. And it's the more that's the problem! Well... it's one of the problems. Vincent's investigation also seems to have drawn the attention of a relentless FBI agent and then there's the little bit where he has only thirteen hours to solve the case, or he dies. Talk about your literal deadlines... No pressure. By the end of this case Vincent will come to understand the meaning of an age old proverb: Be careful what you wish for-because you just might get it!

What do shadows darting across the walls, cryptic writing, black fog, and a little girl who can see ghosts have in common? Paranormal investigator and soul without a body, Vincent Graves, has forty-four hours to find out. To make matters worse, his years of body-hopping and monster-hunting are catching up with him. He's losing his mind. An old contact has shut him out. To top it all off, something's skulking through an asylum, killing patients. Three guesses who might be next, and the first two don't count. The writing on the wall is not so clear. But one thing is: if he doesn't figure this out he's a dead man-well, deader-and a strange young girl might follow. Vincent's got his back against a wall, and that wall's crumbling.

Don't make deals with the paranormal. They're better at it than you, and they never play fair. Paranormal investigator and soul without a body, Vincent Graves, did just that-a deal made in desperation. Now it's coming back to bite him in the middle of a case. He has fifty-seven hours to investigate a string of deaths involving people who've made some devilish bargains. Too bad devils don't deal in good faith. It'd be easy enough, if he didn't have to deal with things such as: • Being hunted through the streets of Queens by a dark elf with a motorcycle fetish. • Ending up the target of a supernatural hit. • An old acquaintance dragging him to a paranormal ball where he could end up on the menu. • And having one of his closest guarded secrets brought to light… Not great for a tight clock, because if he doesn't get to the bottom of this case in time, Vincent and company might just lose their souls.