Aliens called Lilacs buy human bodies for dissection. Most people take the cash, but not everyone is happy about it.
The Lilacs wonder if something else can provide more information than dissecting already dead bodies. Some suggest dissecting people while they're alive.
Detective Trager investigates murders, including the dissection of a living person.
She gets a cool dress that hides her gun.
She helps save a young woman from a murder.
Politicians interfere.
There are large trees.
There's a homemade bomb and an old pickup on the Lilac planet.
There's good food in the cafeteria at the Lilac consulates and embassies.