It's a quiet afternoon in a peaceful neighborhood. A young woman prepares a meal and sits down in front of her TV. Before she can relax, she hears a knock at the door. Two solicitors wait at her doorstep to discuss her life insurance policy. They overstay their welcome.
When Helen Tudor-Fisk's life falls apart, she takes a job in a small suburban firm specialising in wills and probate assuming that, because the clients are dead she won't have to deal with people.