Jednoho de\u0161tiv\u00e9ho odpoledne se v\u00a0Bennerov\u011b\u00a0kancel\u00e1\u0159i objev\u00ed mu\u017e, kter\u00fd se p\u0159edstav\u00ed jako Bobby, a po\u017e\u00e1d\u00e1 o pomoc. Zoufale chce o\u010distit jm\u00e9no sv\u00e9 mrtv\u00e9 sestry, kter\u00e1 je ve\u0159ejnosti zn\u00e1m\u00e1 jako s\u00e9riov\u00e1 vra\u017eedkyn\u011b. Martin Benner nem\u00e1 chu\u0165 hr\u00e1t si na soukrom\u00e9ho detektiva, ale p\u0159\u00edpad Sary Tellov\u00e9 neboli Sary z\u00a0Texasu, jak jej nazvali novin\u00e1\u0159i, ho neust\u00e1le p\u0159itahuje celou \u0159adou nesrovnalost\u00ed. P\u0159ed p\u016fl rokem se za zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00edch okolnost\u00ed p\u0159iznala k\u00a0p\u011bti vra\u017ed\u00e1m, ale je\u0161t\u011b p\u0159ed zah\u00e1jen\u00edm soudn\u00edho procesu uprchla z\u00a0v\u011bzen\u00ed a sp\u00e1chala sebevra\u017edu. Po jej\u00edm synovi Miovi se slehla zem. <\/p>\n
Benner m\u00e1 v\u00a0ruce d\u016fkazy, kter\u00e9 by mohly dok\u00e1zat Sa\u0159inu nevinu, ale samy o sob\u011b nesta\u010d\u00ed. Nedb\u00e1 \u010detn\u00fdch varov\u00e1n\u00ed a rozhodne se zjistit v\u00edc. Spletit\u00fd p\u0159\u00edpad zavede Martina a Lucy do Texasu, kde byly sp\u00e1ch\u00e1ny prvn\u00ed dv\u011b vra\u017edy. Zat\u00edmco dvojice p\u00e1tr\u00e1 na vlastn\u00ed p\u011bst v\u00a0zahrani\u010d\u00ed, Bennerova dcera Bella z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 v\u00a0bezpe\u010d\u00ed u prarodi\u010d\u016f. Jen\u017ee bezpe\u010d\u00ed je v\u00a0tomto p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b relativn\u00ed, o \u010dem\u017e se samozvan\u00fd detektiv z\u00e1hy p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010d\u00ed. Ani\u017e by to tu\u0161il, zapletl se do zatracen\u011b nebezpe\u010dn\u00e9 hry. Do hry p\u0159\u00edmo pekeln\u00e9, kterou na d\u00e1lku ovl\u00e1d\u00e1 z\u00e1hadn\u00fd Lucifer. Informace, kter\u00e9 se advok\u00e1t\u016fm poda\u0159\u00ed v\u00a0Americe shrom\u00e1\u017edit, osv\u011btl\u00ed mimo jin\u00e9 i v\u00fdznam poeticky zn\u011bj\u00edc\u00edho n\u00e1zvu knihy.<\/p>\n
Kniha je rozd\u011blena do \u0161esti \u010d\u00e1st\u00ed. Ka\u017ed\u00e1 z nich za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 p\u0159episem rozhovoru nez\u00e1visl\u00e9ho novin\u00e1\u0159e Fredrika Ohlandera s\u00a0Martinem Bennerem a pokra\u010duje Bennerov\u00fdm vypr\u00e1v\u011bn\u00edm v\u00a0ich\u2011form\u011b. Interview tvo\u0159\u00ed sp\u00ed\u0161e jak\u00fdsi r\u00e1mec p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhu, samo o sob\u011b d\u011bj nikam neposouv\u00e1. Ohlssonov\u00e1 sv\u00fdm osobit\u00fdm stylem nen\u00e1padn\u011b graduje nap\u011bt\u00ed. V\u00a0druh\u00e9 polovin\u011b nab\u00edr\u00e1 vypr\u00e1v\u011bn\u00ed na obr\u00e1tk\u00e1ch a\u017e do v\u00a0podstat\u011b otev\u0159en\u00e9ho konce. Z\u00e1v\u011bre\u010dn\u00fd \u00faryvek rozhovoru p\u0159edznamen\u00e1v\u00e1 d\u011bj n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00ed knihy z\u00a0Bennerovsk\u00e9 s\u00e9rie, kter\u00e1 u n\u00e1s zat\u00edm nevy\u0161la (v origin\u00e1le Mios Blues<\/i>).<\/p>\n