In the magical city of Tanfer, there’s no detective better than Garrett—because, first of all, he successfully solves crimes in the world of magic, and second, as befits a classic private detective, he always has a sharp one-liner up his sleeve.
In the novel “Deadly Mercury Lies,” he sets out to find a girl who, according to her mother, has gotten involved with a bad crowd—and, of course, this everyday setup is only a prologue to dazzling adventures. And deciphering criminal riddles and getting out of deadly dangerous scrapes will help the hero not only his old loyal friends, but also two recent patients from a madhouse, as well as “the most notorious foul-mouthed scoundrel in all the wide world”—a talking parrot, Mr. Big Popka.