This is the fourth book in the series and I feel that to fully understand things you need to have read the previous books of the series. Timothy Blake is an unusual character, certainly damaged, but highly intelligent, in the Sherlock Holmes way. He is also a cannibal and has taken bodies as payment for his deductive talents.

He is now working with a CIA agent on a highly illegal case as it's within the USA and they are not suppose to work their, that's the job of the FBI. However, they are looking into the discovery of a body at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston and nothing makes much sense for them.

And it doesn't make much sense for the reader at times. The main story line is confusing and convoluted with lots of false leads, made more confusing by all the other story lines in the book.

It all works out in the end and you even get a hint of the next book in the series, if there is one.

Could have had a tighter and more focused story line to make it better.