One Fine Day You're Gonna Die
By Gail Bowen
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Gail Bowen
Gail Bowen is the author of the bestselling mystery series featuring Joanne Kilbourn. Winner of both the Arthur Ellis Best Novel Award and the Derrick Murdoch Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Crime Writers of Canada, in 2008 Bowen was named “Canada’s Best Mystery Novelist” by Reader’s Digest. She was selected as one of "The 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors" for an upcoming Library Unlimited reference book. For more information, visit www.gailbowen.com.
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One Fine Day You're Gonna Die - Gail Bowen
GAIL BOWEN
ONE
FINE
DAY
YOU’RE
GONNA
DIE
Copyright © 2010 Gail Bowen
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Bowen, Gail, 1942-
One fine day you’re gonna die / written by Gail Bowen.
(Rapid reads)
Electronic Monograph
Issued also in print format.
ISBN 9781554693382(pdf) -- ISBN 9781554695157 (epub)
I. Title. II. Series: Rapid reads
ps8553.o8995o54 2010 c813’.54 c2010-903653-0
First published in the United States, 2010
Library of Congress Control Number: 2010929178
Summary: Events on Charlie D’s radio show take a bizarre turn when one of his callers threatens to kill not only himself but also the young daughter of Charlie’s on-air guest, who happens to be an expert on death and dying. (RL 4.2 )
Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.
Design by Teresa Bubela
Cover photography by Getty Images
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For everyone who reads this book
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER ONE
Tonight as I was riding my bike to the radio station where I do the late-night call-in show, a hearse ran a light and plowed into me. I swerved. The vehicle clipped my back wheel, and I flew through the air to safety. My Schwinn was not so lucky. The hearse skidded to a stop. The driver jumped out, sprinted over and knelt beside me on the wet pavement. Are you all right?
he asked.
I checked my essentials.
As all right as I’ll ever be,
I said.
The man bent closer. The streetlight illuminated both our faces. He looked like the actor who played Hawkeye on the old tv show M*A*S*H. His brow furrowed with concern when he saw my cheek.
You’re bleeding,
he said.
It’s a birthmark,
I said.
As birthmarks go, mine is a standout. It covers half my face, like a blood mask. Nine out of ten strangers turn away when they see it. This man moved in closer.
The doctors weren’t able to do anything?
he asked.
Nope.
But you’ve learned to live with it.
Most of the time,
I said.
That’s all any of us can do,
the man said, and he grinned. His smile was like Hawkeye’s—open and reassuring. He offered his hand and pulled me to my feet. I’ll take you wherever you want to go,
he said.
He picked up my twisted Schwinn and stowed it in the back of the hearse. I slid into the passenger seat. The air inside was cool, flower-scented and oddly soothing. After we’d buckled our seat belts, the man turned the keys in the ignition.
Where to?
he asked.
CVOX Radio,
I said. 728 Shuter.
It’s in a strip mall,
he said. Between a store that sells discount wedding dresses and a place that rents x-rated movies.
I’m impressed,
I said. This is a big city.
It is,
he agreed. But my business involves pick up and delivery. I need to know where people are.
Perhaps because the night was foggy and he’d already had one accident, the driver didn’t talk as he threaded his way through the busy downtown streets. When we turned on to Shuter, I saw the neon call letters on the roof of our building. The O in CVOX ("ALL