When one of Dirk's clients, who had retained him on the bizarre pretext that he was being stalked by a green-eyed monster with a scythe, is unexpectedly murdered by a green-eyed monster with a scythe, Dirk embarks on an investigation that involves exploding airport check-in counters, the gods of Norse mythology, a sinister nursing home, rhinophagic eagles, the I Ching, and a god who sold his soul to a lawyer.