Mechele is younger, beautiful, and searching to profit from her aesthetic resources whilst she strikes from New Orleans to Alaska in 1994 to make cash for school college. Her charms ensnare the affections of 3 males, and the mixed results of jealously, lust, and greed take a perilous flip during this precise crime tale. ahead of a homicide within the woods shatters her contented existence, Mechele works as an unique dancer on the Alaska Bush corporation, the place she spends her days interesting a procession of hard-working males. John, Scott, and Kent are at the same time smitten with Mechele, and supply affection within the type of lavish presents and eventually engagement earrings. whereas the 3 males start their affairs at the comparable direction, violent homicide blasts aside their parallel lives. one of many trio is shot within the again; one other is accused of the homicide. lifeless Man's Dancer follows this homicide case from 1996 all through Mechele's tumultuous trial in 2006 that turns into a national sensation. surprising in its exact portrayal of homicide and convoluted amorous affairs, lifeless Man's Dancer excites horror in readers that lingers some distance after the final web page is turned.