The Obituary Writer

Nicholas Donaghue should know life is fragile. He spends his days writing obituaries for The Times - but only truly realises how precious life is when one day he gets on the wrong train. The next thing he knows he's caught up in a horrendous crash. And yet he's the only person who walks from the wreckage with barely more than a scratch. So begins THE OBITUARY WRITER. But what starts as a novel about survivor's guilt soon becomes a richer and more mysterious story as Nick struggles to work out why he's having bad dreams, full of omens of death that seem to be striking down the people he sees in his sleep.Running away to Cornwall seems like it might be the answer - especially when he sees a young woman with a tearaway horse chasing across the sands, full of life and vitality. But life is never simple and as Nick struggles to understand his dreams, his fears and most dangerously of all, his passions, he must realise that facing our fears can come at a terrible price.


Genre: Literary Fiction