Being an assistant to the state medical examiner in Salt Lake City might sound like a dead-end job, but Rebekah Smith loves the mystery and challenge of determining the cause of death in the bodies delivered to their morgue. While analyzing the corpse of a one-hundred-year-old woman, Rebekah discovers some disturbing elements; not only was the woman a health centenarian, but she was also embalmed before anyone discovered she had passed away. When two identical cases surface, Rebekah enlists the help of her boyfriend and together they uncover shocking truths aout the bizarre deaths.