s murder still murder if the corpus remains alive? Awakening in a San Francisco hospital months after being shot through the head, a newly christened Alex Tambeau must discover who he was – or, more properly, who had been killed – must then discover who committed the crime and, finally, since the law does not recognize A Death In Memory only, determine the proper and appropriate retribution. In the course of his voyage of ‘self-discovery’, Alex finds much that was unexpected but, most important of all, arrives at a unique solution which balances retribution with justice … but justice delivered with a very poetic aptness.