Annie Colville sees dead people; she knows they re dead because they re always dressed in chocolate brown. And they re hanging around where Annie can see them because they re worried about unfinished earthly business, almost all of which concerns trivial matters such as who should get the Crown Derby and where they hid the key to the shed.
Since she was a child Annie has been able to see and speak to the dead. But when her husband disappears suddenly he does not come to visit her. So is Evan still alive? During her long wait to discover what happened to Evan Bees, Annie searches through her mother's vast collection of lovers for the other missing man in her life, and struggles with the questions her gifts ask of her. Who is the mysterious girl who sits by the lake at the Country Park?
What happened to the lost woman whose sister has never stopped searching for her? And why are so many of the dead voices called Jim?
