
Death Will Wait
by Khaliania

It’s May,1953, and Bark Green yearns for coronation jollity and an end to rationing. When the eccentric Lord of Raphael Hall is found dead amid his taxidermy, the prize exhibit in his own Hall of Heads, it should be Starling Family Funeral’s biggest opportunity. But trainee-embalmer Christophe is convinced it’s murder. Recently orphaned, quietly rebuilding his life, and taking solace in caring for the town’s dead and grieving, this death threatens everything he trusts and his fragile new life.