Meet Joan Freed, a rebel Life Coach and Nutritional Therapist with a low profile, but not hidden agenda. Gary's Demise takes Joan to Desert Breeze Park, near Phoenix, Arizona -- where a body is discovered that Gary identified as the man responsible for Gary's situation. Has Joan taken on a murderer? Sharee, from 'Rita's Story' makes an appearance, and you'll meet Marion, who has her own emotional roller coaster to ride.

Two women lay sprawled in front of my truck. They are very dead. Queenie sits like a statue on the passenger side of my vintage Chevy pick-up looking like the circus fat lady that she thinks she is - but she's not laughing. I am on sabbatical in the Kaibab National Forest, feeding my own free spirit with life changing time by myself, much needed and anticipated after my last exhausting coaching case. I know none of these women, but the two dead ones seem to have known me because they have magically materialized near each of my camps for a couple of seasons now. I met Queenie last evening and...

I find .... asking myself the questions that were part of ..... dialogues between Rita and Joan and looking for my own answers .... - a good read and well worth the hike ... ....everybody needs to read this book. Author's note - this book was previously published as 'Rita's Story'. Why is Joan Freed a magnet for souls mired in grief? Is it because she has a life changing plan for personal growth that succeeds for those she attracts? Or is it because she's a free spirit, expanding her own horizons, tugging and propelling others through their muck and into positivity? Consider Rita. Rita is a...

...it's like you're there... ...a cozy mystery worth the short escape... Volume 3 of Joan Freed's Good Grief series is a trilogy of murder, mayhem, and demands - not necessarily in that order. Mad scientist, Gary, is the recipient of heavy metal toxicity - but cancer free - who is suddenly unemployed, unemployable, angry, depressed, and at the end of his rope. The fact that he looks like Mr. Potato Head doesn't help Joan's success oriented mindset to encourage Gary's personal growth or anger management. And when the drunk sleeping it off in the park turns out to be the body of Gary's boss who...