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Don't Upstage the Body

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Rules for professional mourners:
· Plan your aliases well—
no improvising.
· Wear proper mourning attire.
· Maintain discretion at all costs.
· Don't upstage the body.

It is 1957, and Hippolyta Halfpenny and her family have mastered the business of bereavement. As professional mourners, they are so accomplished that even Lord Basil Monfort, the famous and wealthy recluse, engages the family's services for his own funeral. Tired of disguises and aliases, Hippolyta vows it will be her last per...