Bonnie finds fulfillment on the job, cleaning bloody crime scenes. At home she has a layout husband and a son who is turning into a thug. She begins to notice a subtle commonality in several especially gruesome cases, a seemingly paranormal link. The story has plenty of gory descriptions, albeit of crime scenes and how they got to be crime scenes. a compelling plot, and an excellent ending. The storyline is itself is more subtle than Masterton's usual. Good read. ( )

Représentante en produits de beauté, Bonnie Winter exerce un second métier pour lequel les concurrents ne se bousculent guère. Elle dirige en effet une petite entreprise de nettoyage très spécialisée : avec trois employées, elle remet en état maisons et appartements ou ont eu lieu des morts violentes...
Sur plusieurs scènes de meurtres particulièrement sanglants, Bonnie remarque d'étranges chenilles, qu'elle montre à un entomologiste. Celui-ci lui révèle qu'il s'agit de larves de papillons que les Aztèques considéraient comme des incarnations de la cruelle déesse Itzpapalotl. Cette dernière avait la réputation de faire sombrer les gens dans la folie, les poussant à tuer les êtres qui leur étaient le plus cher.
Légende ou réalité ? Ces papillons deviennent bientôt une véritable obsession pour Bonnie, dont la vie familiale semble par ailleurs partir à vau-l'eau...

Bonnie Winter cleans houses for a living. More specifically, she cleans the remains of human tragedies. When someone passes a way and leaves a mess behind them, Bonnie does the dirty work that makes the house livable again. Oh, and she also works for a cosmetic company. Considering the things they put in make-up, I suppose it's not as odd a combination as you might think at first.

Some of her recent jobs are simply dreadful. Normal people inexplicably killing their loved ones, always with strange butterflies at each scene with some vague connection with Aztec mythology found at the crime scene. She begins to suspect something strange is happening, although this takes a backseat to the subplot where the readers wonders which of her condescending, horndog co-workers she's going to cheat on her husband with.

I didn't really find a whole lot to like here. Sure, the use of Aztec mythology was interesting but it's been done, and much better, but so many other writers. The plot was pretty weak (ok, nonexistent) throughout most of the novel and I hated just about every character in the book. It was light and quick though, so at least it was over fast. ( )