Nick Graves is looking for honest work, and making a living from the dead is as good a job as any and better than most. A man with a gnarled shooting hand and a dark secret who's already weathered quite a few savage storms, Graves has chosen Jessup, Nebraska, as the town in which to ply his trade as funeral arranger and coffin maker. And he's come to the right place, because the law in Jessup is corrupt and folks here die quick ... and often. Thanks to the vengeful, blood-hungry cronies of a rightfully slain deputy and a depraved, knife-wielding killer, Graves's business should be booming in no time. But first he's got some other business to attend to in this dirty little town -- the kind done with a gun. And it might well be his own funeral Nick Graves has to arrange.