Patty Yumi Cottrell Sorry to disrupt the peace

Helen's adoptive brother has killed himself.

According to the internet, there are six possible reasons for suicide.

But Helen knows better: she knows that six reasons is only shorthand for the abyss.

Helen also knows that she alone is qualified to launch a serious investigation into his death, so she purchases a one-way ticket back to Milwaukee, her hometown.

There, as she attempts to uncover why someone would choose to die, she will face her estranged family, her brother's few friends, and the overzealous grief counsellor, Chad Lambo; she may also discover what it truly means to be alive.

Sorry to Disrupt the Peace is a dark comedy about suicide - and an introduction to a singular new writer.