New Orleans mortician Clara Voss possesses the rare ability to hear the lingering voices of the dead. While preparing heir Julian Ashford’s body, she exposes internet celebrity Vivian Lane’s fake pregnancy inheritance scam, landing herself in public controversy and a license review.
Soon, Detective Elias Reed brings a new case: foundation restorer Beatrice Hale, seemingly dead from a fall. Guided by the victim’s ghostly whispers, Clara uncovers she was drowned and murdered for forging the relic St. Orpheus’ provenance.
Clara links the murder to ten-year-old intern Lydia Marsh’s disappearance, tracing all crimes to charitable tycoon Malcolm Graves. Teaming up with Elias, she sets a live-stream trap to force the truth out of the culprit. Finally, evidence closes the case, restoring Clara’s reputation. She opens a new studio, only to hear another victim’s desperate plea from a fresh corpse.
