Vivisection A Slice of Life

People don't realize that corpses can move. Maybe if they thought about it they'd recognize that when a body dies it doesn't die all once. Internal processes continue. Things can shift. For Cath Jansson, a young pathologist on the midnight shift, the descending zipper on her new arrival's body bag isn't quite enough to make her question the boundary between life and death. But when bodies in motion tend to stay in motion, Cath is forced to rethink some fundamental truths. The search for the missing corpse quickly sweeps up Cath's daughter; a troubled cop; and the anatomy professor responsible for procuring 35 fresh cadavers every year.