Jonathan Hoag has a curious problem. Each night, he discovers a mysterious reddish product under his fingernails, with no memory space of what he was carrying out during the day to get it there. Jonathan hires the couple detective team of Ted and Cynthia Randall to check out him during the day and find out. But Ted and Cynthia find themselves instantly out of their depth. Jonathan leaves no fingerprints. His few recollections about his career turn out to be false. Also stranger, Ted and Cynthia’s very own memories of what goes on during their investigation usually do not match. There is a thirteenth ground to Jonathan’s building that will not exist, you can find mysterious and intimidating beings living inside mirrors, and all of reality is not what they believed it was. Part supernatural thriller, component noir detective tale, Heinlein’s trip down the rabbit gap leads where you by no means expected.

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