A seedy set of two-level stucco buildings, the Shadowgard Grand offers cheap rooms and the utter discretion of its staff and boarders. Most of the people who frequent this establishment seem capable of looking in only one direction: away. And as long as the rooms are paid for on time, in cash, the managers don't ask questions. This is the place to go for one-night stands, illicit encounters, drug deals and, all too often, murder. When people vanish here, no one cares. No one will even look for the bodies. This motel is Shadowgard's black hole: nothing ever quite seems to escape.