Sutter Cane's works have broken all records of popularity - Stephen King never dreamed of such a thing. The effect produced on some admirers of Kane's talent - complete disorientation and memory loss, mass outbreaks of violence, schizophrenics, overflowing clinics. The same author of horror novels, bringing huge profits to publishers, disappeared two months ago. To search for him, the publisher hires an insurance agent John Trent, and the search leads him to the city described in the book, but absent on the map ...

Nicholas, a small-time crook and alfonso, dates only those women who are able, if not to support him, at least to keep him afloat. All means are used: a "sweet Seville accent", a resemblance to the French actor Charles Boyer, and even a wig that hides a vast bald spot. After a short time with his mistresses, Nicholas robs them and disappears. And everything would go smoothly, if not for the meeting with a very unattractive, lonely, sexually unsatisfied woman of lush forms, named Coral. To keep Nicholas to herself, she becomes his shadow. Presenting themselves as brother and sister, the lovers together continue to rob and kill women desperate of loneliness. Over time, the pathological relationship of the heroes grows into a mutual passion....

The ill-mannered but charming 6-year-old Mooney lives in a motel in Florida. While her negligent mother tries to make ends meet in various, often illegal ways, the girl is left to her own devices all day long. Together with the neighborhood children Muni hangs around the neighborhood unsupervised and without a definite purpose, bullying and rude to others. The motel manager, however, is patient and sympathetic towards his guests.