A reclusive funeral director is found dead in his own home, along with the preserved corpse of a woman who died 20 years earlier. Their brains have been removed. Is this the work of a new serial killer? Meanwhile, a mute and seemingly emotionless boy appears unaccompanied in the small city. Does he know something about the murders that continue to pile up? Or is he an innocent bystander in need of protection? As the bodies pile up, the questions just become numerous and more baffling.