Katya Grubbs is Cape Town's only ethical pest removal specialist. She
expertly wrangles every manner of wild critter, creature or beast with
the help of her unwitting nephew, Toby. When she is hired to remove the
exotic beetles that have overrun Nineveh, a new luxury housing
development on the coast, Katya finds that bugs aren't the only
unwelcome creatures hiding in the new (but inhabited) apartments. As she
investigates further, it becomes clear that Nineveh is fast becoming an
environmental, not to mention architectural, blunder. With marshlands
encroaching on its borders, and the nearby seaside more menace than
attraction, Katya becomes immersed in the world of Nineveh's few
residents--the mysterious caretakers and scavenger crews that survive in
its shadow. It is only when her estranged father--a professional
exterminator fallen on hard times--reappears in her life, that Nineveh's
deeper secrets are exposed.