Taking his readers through a landscape of horrible violence and heart-rending drama, this work delves into the field of bio-recovery.

Most people will never experience the scenes that Tim Reifsteck and Chris Wilson encounter on a daily basis: removing the debris after brutal murders, suicides and accidents; cleaning up after unattended deaths; and counselling the families of loved ones as well as their own crews. Two school friends, they entered their profession quite by chance. Aftermath, Inc., their pioneering crime-scene clean up company, now helps both families and the police throughout the States with a branch soon opening in London. In the tradition of Mary Roach's Stiff, journalist Gil Reavill has gloved and suited up in order to work side-by-side with Aftermath crews and show us the nuts and bolts of the operation. Taking his readers through a landscape of horrible violence and heart-rending drama, this is a harrowing journey to the extreme edge of human behaviour.