The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death A Novel

Charlie Huston

eBook - 2009

In this “shockingly original” (The New York Times Book Review) novel from the author of Caught Stealing, a former teacher takes a job as a crime scene cleaner—and soon becomes embroiled in a diabolically twisted mess even he can’t scrub his way out of.“A comic masterpiece.”—The Washington Post“Authentically great.”—Stephen King“Smoking hot.”—The New York TimesWith his teaching career derailed by tragedy and his slacker days numbered, Webster Fillmore Goodhue makes an unlikely move and joins Clean Team, charged with tidying up L.A.’s grisly crime scenes. For Web, it’s a steady gig, and he soon finds himself sponging a Malibu suicide’s brains from a bathroom mirror and flirting with the man's bereaved and ...beautiful daughter.Then things get weird: The dead man’s daughter asks a favor. Every cell in... more