It's "Dashiell-Hammett-gone-goofy"* twice over in this single-volume edition of the first two novels in Eric Garcia's "genre-bending, species-bending, gender-bending romp of a mystery"** series hailed as "irresistible... outrageous...brilliant...funny, poignant, dramatic, satiric, brutal and tender."*** Whew. And now the novels are a Sci-Fi Channel movie event. (read review)