Nicki Styx dies and lives to tell about it. She is cautioned to remember the Golden Rule as she is ushered back to life after her mitral valve prolapse. It is not yet her time to die. Irene Goldblatt mysteriously appears in her room directing Nicki to visit her funeral and reassure her husband, Morty. Next she is visited by the spirit of Caprise, a neighboring shop owner who had been dabbling in voodoo and is quite malevolent. To these visitors, add one Dr. Joe Bascomb, who is married to a missing wife he believes to be Nicki's twin sister. (Nicki was adopted and her adoptive parents were killed 6 years ago in a car accident.) Nicki meets several other spirits and must deal with them, her relationship with Joe, her partnership with her gay best friend and business partner, Evan, and her quest to understand her N.D.E, the light, and religion.
RITA Award 2008 - Best First Book
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