In this entirely different background story for of novel, author Richard J. Johnson weaves a terrifying mystery involving a 1880s mansion hiding a painful and unsettled past. When Rick Braden and his wife Elaine buy an old, Victorian mansion, they have no idea that they were buying more than just an old house. Once having been owned by an eccentric mortician who mysteriously disappeared eight years earlier, the house hid a number of dark secrets and mysteries that slowly bubbled to the surface. As Rick continued to learn more about the mortician and the properties unhappy past history, he became caught up in a disturbing maze of frightening and macabre discoveries that threatened to destroy his marriage and ruin his life unless he could solve it. If one has ever hesitated to delve into the history of an old house before buying it, he' d do well to read about the horrendous events that had transpired within Rick and Elaine Braden's Mortuary Mansion before committing to a purchase.