A worker dies suspiciously while cleaning augers at an animal food pellet factory, bringing two years of intricately tangled relationships to light. Davey-a naive aspiring tattoo artist with romantic feelings for the dead man's wife-pleads his innocence despite being the only worker present during the accident. The factory owners-a pair of estranged brothers feuding over their late father's estate-are only concerned with how this incident will interfere with their plans to sell the struggling | Dead Peasants by Leif Oleson-Cormack, Paperback | Indigo Chapters