January is typically a quiet time for Bloody Murder bookstore. That quiet stretch of time between Twelfth Night and Mardi Gras where a lot of people in New Orleans kick back and relax. Those were Zofia Smith''s plans that Sunday. Until a man collapsed, bleeding, on her floor.

A call to 911, an attempt at CPR, a fainting spell, and unknown minutes later, Zo found herself in a heap on her floor, with no sign of the man, dead or alive. The paramedics weren't amused, her boyfriend was worried and as Zo tries to put the pieces together, she keeps getting told she's losing her mind.