The Soft Boiled Detective Agency is at is again. Soft spoken Nathan Kavillehogg and his brother Jericho, the professional food taster and all around burly-man are sent to Rome to try to prevent a murder attempt on the Pope.
Along the way they; Buy a 16 million dollar sports car-submarine on a credit card. Encourage gypsy behavior and the open-pit barbecuing of wildebeests at 17,000 feet on a jumbo-jet. Get to the rooftop of a hotel by the stairway, but using a taxi to do so. And that's just the easy stuff.
Joining them is their old, bat-faced, grossly obese, serial-farting dog Tiny. Can they save the Pope? Get enough to eat? Survive Tiny's gaseousness? What are you waiting for? Read this book and find out!