What if the afterlife was just like life, except more crowded and more hopeless because you wouldn't have death to look forward to because you're already dead?

And what if Heaven was acquired by Hell in a hostile takeover so that they were practically indistiguishable?

And what if a conspiracy of famous dead people wanted YOU to lead a palace coup and lay siege to HellVen, Inc. to restore balance to the Force?

Your name is Dick Burns. You're a dead shamus. You get $25 a day plus expenses. This is your story.