Fed up with her wild behavior, sixteen-year-old Lex's parents ship her
off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer,
hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into
shape. But Uncle Mort's true occupation is much dirtier than shoveling
manure. He's a Grim Reaper. And he's going to teach Lex the family
business.
She quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of Croak, a town
populated by reapers who deliver souls from this life to the next. But
Lex can't stop her desire for justice--or is it vengeance?--whenever she
encounters a murder victim, craving to stop the attackers before they
can strike again. Will she ditch Croak and go rogue with her reaper
skills?