This was a fast paced read; not for the squeamish. I find Barbara‘s last name and previous career an interesting combination. This is the memoir of her life as a Death Investigator in NY. How she got into the work, how it changed her, how she got out of it. She does not hold back on the gory details. Watch her on Netflix‘s ‘Homicide New York‘. The dead do speak. Are we listening? TW/CW: extreme violence, sexual assault, suicide, addiction.