

The Weeping Ledger
In a city where sorrow can be hired by the hour, Imogen Vale is paid to cry convincingly at strangers' funerals — until she recognizes a 'deceased' client alive and well three days after burying her. Digging through the funeral home's private ledger, Imogen finds her own name already scheduled for next week's service, and must unravel who is orchestrating deaths on a timetable before her date arrives to claim her too.
Main characters
Imogen Vale
POVEmpathetic performer who can summon grief on command, secretly guarded and untrusting, obsessively observant of tiny details others miss
Casimir Thorne
Outwardly gracious and soft-spoken, quietly manipulative, obsessed with control and order beneath a veneer of comforting warmth
Wendell Marsh
Relentlessly curious with a cynical sense of humor, fiercely loyal once trust is earned, unafraid to bend rules to expose the truth