This is a murder mystery, as well as a love story set in the 1950's. Following in the footsteps of his father, Mortimer is the towns Mortician, they really do know where all the bodies are buried. However, more bodies are showing up lacking vital organs! Some pretty nasty characters are 'dead set' on getting their way. Mortimer happens to be the prize widower in town - but finding someone to take on his last name as well as naming sons starting with the letter M, was going to be difficult. This tall still grieving man liked things orderly, and right now there not. Now there's Lady, who never wastes anything. An oversized dog named Sebastian; 'not quite right Bill'; Katherine who is a whirlwind of activity, along with some other people who are pulled into finding out what is happening to bodies missing from the morgue, along with some found in other places. I hope you'll find this a page turner as to what happens next and how love helps heal a recluse as well as a young girl named Nellie.