Easy Living

Reviewers said: "A cracking good read that addresses THE big question." "This is not like anything you've ever read before! It is fascinating, fast moving and keeps you guessing from the first page to the last." What really happens when we die? Jane Cooper is about to find out. There she is, lying in hospital having suffered a terrible accident months before when her nearest and dearest decide to pull the plug. One minute she's lying there enjoying her music and thinking about life, and the next she's floating through the air with no sign of her body. Still, at least she isn't alone. There's J...

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Reviewers said: "A cracking good read that addresses THE big question." "This is not like anything you've ever read before! It is fascinating, fast moving and keeps you guessing from the first page to the last." What really happens when we die? Jane Cooper is about to find out. There she is, lying in hospital having suffered a terrible accident months before when her nearest and dearest decide to pull the plug. One minute she's lying there enjoying her music and thinking about life, and the next she's floating through the air with no sign of her body. Still, at least she isn't alone. There's John, and Sasha and Freddie, all of whom share the same body-less state and died prematurely. Each of them is trying to hold onto their tenuous link with the living world, and this stops them entering the true afterlife. The mysterious Presence tells them they need to explore the true circumstances of their deaths if they are ever to move on. And that means coming back to life via a bit of body borrowing. Blending cosy mystery with a generous dose of romance and historical fiction as the book takes us on a journey through the 1920s, 1950s and finally the present day. Along the way, there will be discovery, understanding, forgiveness and a healthy bit of karma. Easy Living is a whirlwind ride that explores life's biggest question, and provides a thought-provoking beautiful answer. Please note: contains sexual references and strong language. From Caron Allan, the author of Criss Cross, Cross Check, and Check Mate, and the 1930s cosy mystery series, the Dottie Manderson mysteries and the new series, the Miss Gascoigne mysteries set in the swining 60s. Buy Easy Living for an intriguing and romantic mystery about life after death. Extract from Easy Living: All the world seemed to have fallen on its side. There was so much noise I couldn't understand what was going on, and yet it seemed too quiet for me to hear what was being said. So chaotic. Yet this was all in some sense familiar. The distraught driver of the charabanc was saying: 'She just stepped out in front of me, there wasn't no time…' And someone, the one I knew was Freddie, was shushing him gently and telling him he wasn't to blame, it was just an accident. Everything around me was darkening. And there was Alice's hat lying in the middle of the road, getting dirty. A voice was speaking to me softly, persistently. I forced myself to look up to see John kneeling over me. His voice was warm and clear and the same as ever. His fingers stroked my cheek and temple with infinite gentleness. I saw for the first time that his eyes were dark and full of anxiety. He bent his head to look down at my hands as he reached for them to comfort me. He was deathly pale but he spoke calmly. 'An ambulance is on its way, Jane, but I don't think you're going to come out of this. It doesn't look good.' He paused, and swallowed. 'It's always a car…' I told him, trying to laugh, but my voice croaking. Buy Easy Living for an intriguing and romantic mystery about life after death.

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