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    One Fine Day You're Gonna Die
    One Fine Day You're Gonna Die
    One Fine Day You're Gonna Die
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    One Fine Day You're Gonna Die

    By Gail Bowen

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    Charlie D is back doing his late-night radio call-in show. It's Halloween—The Day of the Dead. Not a day filled with good memories for Charlie, but the show must go on. His studio guest this evening is Dr. Robin Harris, an arrogant and ambitious "expert in the arts of dying and grieving," who also seems to be auditioning for her own radio talk show. Charlie and Dr. Harris do not hit it off. Things go from bad to worse when the doctor's ex-lover, Gabe, goes on air to announce that he's about to end his life. Dr. Harris is entirely unsympathetic until she learns that Gabe also has her daughter Kali and plans to poison her too. It will take all of Charlie D's on-air skills to save both Gabe and Kali.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateOct 1, 2010
    ISBN9781554695157
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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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      PO Box 5626, Station B

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      98240-0468

      www.orcabook.com

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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

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