Two crime scene cleaners find that the biggest messes are their own dirty secrets, in this bitingly funny novel from the author of Serial Killer Games . Max, an unflappable crime scene cleaner working the graveyard shift, has seen all the ways criminals screw up. After twelve years of cleaning up their messes, she knows-- theoretically --how to get away with murder. How to make someone vanish without a trace, in fact. Wilder, a cheerful, charismatic drifter, needs cash and a fresh start. As the newest trainee in Max's skeleton crew, he shows a nose for the work and brings inquisitiveness and enthusiasm in spades. Although. something about his work history seems less than squeaky clean.

When a local woman goes missing and Max needs Wilder's help to tidy up a big mess from her past--one she's kept buried her whole life--he brings a surprising set of skills to the task. Anything for this odd and secretive girl he's falling for. After all, with pasts like theirs, what's a little more dirty work?.