Three modern-day private investigators with mysterious backgrounds come together to solve crimes in New York City. Mysterious indeed: two have the surnames of famous fictional detectives, and one has the surname of a famous writer of detective stories, horror and poetry.
The three—Brendan Holmes, Auguste Poe, and Margaret Marple—almost immediately make enemies with the mayor and the police commissioner. They have a somewhat more nuanced relationship with Detective Lieutenant Helene Grey. The group has its foibles to add interest: Holmes has a drug problem and Poe has a lost love. Marple, on the other hand, seems to have her head together just fine. The group has a number of cases underway at once, and the novel flows quickly for a good escapist experience, good enough for a sequel, it appears.
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