Mavis Forthright carefully rehearses her
jump from Portsmouth's Round Tower. She's existed for over five
decades. Lived hardly at all. Will end her misery with a few second's
fall into the cold sea. Except she's not quite ready to die. A half
day's delay to try a bacon sandwich from the cafe won't matter.
Mother's no longer there to disapprove.
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She delays another day to lend Janice a
book. Then a week to use her new paints. A month. Until the end of
term. Mavis makes new plans; to create paintings full of emotion, to
live, perhaps even make friends.
.
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As if to balance her survival a number
of people connected to Mavis die. At first that doesn't matter.
They're people she dislikes. Mavis continues painting, tending her
garden, feeding the birds and keeping her home properly clean,
without additional concern. Then people who've been kind to Mavis are
killed or injured. That shouldn't happen.
.
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Why are people dying? Is it because of
charming Norman who's back from her past, or is that strange boy Jake
her mistaken guardian angel? Perhaps Mavis herself is to blame. She
must learn the truth, stop the deaths and protect those she's learned
to care about before she can enjoy the new life she's making for
herself.
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