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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.

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 live, to create paintings full of emotion, perhaps even make friends.

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.

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.

©2016, 2021 Patsy Collins (P)2021 Patsy Collins Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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this was just so nice to listen to. story it self is so deep, there is so much pain but it was so nice to witness the character development! I seriously loved it so, so much!

deep story, fantastic narrator

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Full disclosure: I got a free review copy, but the contents of this review are what I wanted to write.
This is an absorbing story. I was soon drawn into Mavis’s world and her attempts to escape loneliness and then into her suspicions about the all the accidents happening around her. Things are not as they appear and I thoroughly enjoyed at the plot twists and the character development. In spite of the sad begining, it's ultimately a very hopeful book.
To begin with I found Deborah Keating’s narration a bit stilted, with rather more pauses between the words than I felt necessary, but I soon realised that it suited Mavis perfectly, and she does an excellent job of giving the characters distinctive voices.
Overall, I’m looking forward to more audiobooks from Patsy Collins.

A very hopeful book with a sad begining.

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