Felix Pink, an aging widower, fills his time by assisting dying patients with their planned suicides, sticking just barely to the right side of British law. He processes patient’s wills and supplies them with a lethal dose of nitrous oxide. His practice takes a turn for the worse when, paired with a newbie, they accidentally kill the wrong person. Felix pink has unintentionally committed murder.
The novel is filled with British comedy routines both verbal and physical. Characters misunderstand one another, get their pants stuck on fences they are climbing over, and have pet dogs hump their legs when they sneak into houses. Unfortunately the plot is propelled by protagonists illogically deciding not to reveal their actions to the police nor anyone else even when they are fully innocent and coincidences too improbable to be credible.