In order to avoid being killed by his nemesis, the Brazilian arch-fiend known as Birdman Perez, Inspector Baseheart must fake his own death, or as he puts it: "In order to be safe I must be safely in my grave." And the detective faces other quandaries: what happens after the first 24 hours to a freshly plucked human eyeball? Does a lobotomy make writing a Ph.D. thesis more difficult? Find out.
