His third haunting, nonlinear tale is set in post-9/11 New York City. Henry has lost his girlfriend, his cats, and his apartment. A beautiful woman he calls Tulip sends him to Aris Kindt, an eccentric old gent fond of herring and esoteric subjects who may be the mastermind behind a mock murder service--people pay strangers to pretend to kill them. But Henry may actually be a murderer. Perhaps he's a patient in a mental ward.