Shrouded

Douglas likes women - quiet women; the kind he deals with at the mortuary where he works. Douglas meets Marjorie, unemployed, gaining weight and losing confidence. She talks and laughs a lot to cover up her shyness, but what Douglas really needs is a lover who'll stay still - perfectly still. Perhaps he can put Marjorie into a state of limbo and use her to feed his growing sexual hunger. Douglas studies his textbooks to find a way ... A necrophilic romance set in Scotland. The protagonist is Douglas, an undertaker. He is a reserved man and he likes women who don't talk, the kind he deals with daily at the mortuary. One day Douglas falls in love with Marjorie, a prostitute, but she talks a lot. If only he could have her silent like the others, Douglas muses--and perhaps he can