About the book: 2006 / Anita Blake - animator. A man who can raise the dead from the grave. This is how she earns her living. Raises the dead at the request of their relatives, colleagues and other clients. This story draws readers' attention to a time when Anita was not yet engaged in the extermination of vampires, and did not gain fame in the other world as a Slayer. She was known only as Anita Blake, an animator. Anita was approached by a widow whose husband had suddenly died of a heart attack; The grief-stricken woman would really like to say goodbye to him properly. But as it turns out later, in reality Mrs. Fiske is driven by slightly different motives - and when you are dealing with zombies, pretense is fraught with the most unpleasant consequences... This story was included in the author's collection L.K. Hamilton "Strange Candy"».