There may be a story in here somewhere I just couldn't find it. While the characters are well-developed and believable to the time period, which begins in the 1980s, they are not necessarily sympathetic characters. But then again, they do not need to be.

Lenz continues to develop and grow his primary characters and add supporting cast as necessary. The story takes place in a funeral home or chain of funeral homes, I think. The author has used so much, too much, detail I am lost. So much extraneous detail, chatter obfuscates the storyline. The grammar and typos so abound forcing me to keep rereading the same sentence over and over to be sure I have understood its meaning. As I say there may be a story in here, somewhere. And, it appears to possibly be interesting. But I simply can't force myself to labor through any longer. I can't recommend this book because I simply would not pay even $0.01 if I had to do it again. Sorry!