by Alison Booth
I hiccoughed a couple of times and accepted the tissues she was holding out. ‘I’m fine, thanks,’ I said, after wiping my eyes.
And I was. That part of my life was well and truly behind me now. I could do with a drop of water though. My mouth felt parched and I could barely swallow. But before I could get on with my life there was the coroner to deal with. She was waiting for me on the steps to the mortuary building.
All I wanted was some peace for Charlie and me. But there was no guarantee that would come easily.
About the Author
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Alison Booth was born in Melbourne, brought up in Sydney and worked for many years in the UK. Her most recent novel, A Perfect Marriage, is in the genre of contemporary fiction, while her first three novels (Stillwater Creek, The Indigo Sky, and A Distant Land) are historical fiction spanning the decades 1950s through to the early 1970s. Alison’s work has been translated into French and has also been published by Reader’s Digest Select Editions in both Asia and Europe. Alison’s debut novel, Stillwater Creek, was Highly Commended in the 2011 ACT Book of the Year Award. Her fiction website is at:
http:// www.alisonbooth.net
and her Facebook page is at:
https:// www.facebook.com/AlisonBoothAuthor/ .
