"Bill Hawley joined the family business right out of college. He doesn't mind dealing with corpses, caskets, and grieving relatives. But he's ready for something more exciting - like moonlighting as an amateur sleuth. Because sometimes the death certificate doesn't tell the whole story...
Alexander Kane's fatal crash seemed accidental enough - yet he left a bizarre suicide tape for his son. Now Edward Kane has come to the sleuthing undertaker for help. He thinks that the tape is a fake and his father's death was no accident. Hawley reluctantly takes the case - and soon discovers that Alex Kane's life was as fake as his death..." - jacket notes from the Berkley paperback edition.
This is the second Bill Hawley mystery, after "Final Viewing". It's an average mystery with some black humour, not very memorable, okay for a light read on a plane trip. I haven't read any more of this series. ( )