The story follows Ned, a man who can bring the dead back to life for a minute. If the person/thing is alive for more than a minute, something else has to take its place. However, if he touches the living person/thing again, they go back to being dead. Only this time forever.
Emerson, a private investigator, accidently discovers Ned's abilities and together they solve murder mysteries and crime, splitting the earnings between them.
Things change however, when Ned and Emerson are given a murder case which involves Ned's childhood sweetheart Charlotte Charles. Will he bring her back to life? Will he keep her alive for more than a minute and never be able to touch her again? Who murdered her in the first place?
