[1] All Signs of Death tells the story of Webster "Web" Fillmore Goodhue, a typical twentysomething slacker living in Los Angeles, California who becomes a crime scene cleaner and discovers that the work helps to ease the pain of his own past trauma.
However, Web soon finds himself at the center of a murder mystery that eventually puts his own life in jeopardy.
Huston confided to Ball that he was thinking about pitching his then latest novel as a series, and the two worked on the pilot's development.
[4] Speaking of the book, Ball said "It's not so much about the crime, it's about the personal story of the central character and his journey back to being fully connected with his life after some very traumatic things.
"[5] On shooting the pilot, Ball stated that he wanted to stay "away from the overlit, stylized noir for a more frantic, contemporary, naturalistic style.