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Mary Frances Talbot, known as Frankie, runs The Body Shop in Savannah, a business that handles what the dead left undone: feeding a forgotten goldfish, writing a will, saying a goodbye, seeing the Grand Canyon. She is a necromancer, probably. She never met her parents, so she cannot be sure.

Frankie can see and talk to the dead, and she does a few other things the law does not allow. Her plan is simple: do not get caught. It works until Samuel Harrow returns to town in a Savannah Police Department uniform.

Harrow is a witch who hates magic, and he is her ex. He dislikes Frankie too. Then her illegal side jobs leave several vampires dead, and she is in serious trouble before he even speaks.

Harrow offers to help, and his offer works like a Get Out of Jail Free card. Frankie has little choice but to take it. That does not mean she forgives him for breaking her heart or for handing her over to the police.

The book is urban fantasy with a wry tone, the first in The Body Shop series, and it shares a world with the Beginner's Guide to Necromancy books. Frankie and Harrow were doomed once, and the investigation may go the same way.