The Housetrap Chronicles Omnibus, Volume 2

Hounds of Basalt Ville: As usual, Randy is behind in Bertha's wages. When she begs him to help her younger brother in a northern mining town, it's an offset opportunity. Just because there are mysterious goings-on in Basalt Ville, and rumors that Hell Hounds have been seen, there's no reason for worry. The body count piles up, with hounds baying and even stranger things rising out of the ground, making for an almost-typical few days outside the office.

Murder in the Rouge Mort: There are some people Randy would really rather forget. Faster Frederica is one of them. She has a nasty reputation and a bad habit of playing with very sharp knives. So what is he to do when she appears in his office and insists on hiring him to find her missing brother, Fast Freddy? Only it turns out Faster also needs a bodyguard. Apparently there are some dead bodies lying around, the Committee of Public Safety is looking for her, to chat, as well as an assortment of underworld characters. Randy finds himself caught in the middle of a gang war, and an investigation that leads him into the depths of a dangerous building in search of answers.

The Treasure of the Sarah Madder: Take an order from the Committee of Public Safety he can't refuse and add an expedition made up of an apprentice wizard still wet behind his drooping ears and a teenage elf who just happens to be the favorite niece of a high-ranking CPS agent. With no idea where he is going, what he is looking for, or who is supposed to be trying to stop them, private eyeball Randy is set for a typical trip where things can only go wrong. Exotic locations, exotic villains-who could ask for anything more to break up the monotony that started out as a typical day at the office?