In the small Midwestern town of Hartgers' Grove, more lust and unrest lurks in the town's only mortuary and cemetery than on its main street on Saturday night. Amanda Harding returns to her adopted hometown for the funeral of her former teacher, Miss Beatrice Wilkes. In Miss Wilkes last letter to Amanda, she writes that in the event of her death, Amanda must immediately find and destroy her secret diary. Finding the book is no easy task. When she does, she is shocked to learn about strange happenings at the town's mortuary. Twice Dead involves love, lust and mystery for heroine Amanda Harding and her arch nemesis Anne Bradley.