The rheumatologist interrupted me as I tried, for the fifth time, to ask him a question.

“Show the photographs of your physical symptoms to this medical student here.”

Okay. Great. Now I’ve forgotten my question.

“These symptoms are common features with SLE.” He muttered to his student, who was nodding and smiling at my phone screen as though he had no idea what was going on.

And with that, i...

My mother was never exactly known for her comedic prowess, but it didn’t stop her trying. That’s why, when I found the note six months after her death, I couldn’t help but huff out a chuckle. I never expected to find a joke from the dead in my mother’s library, and she was the empress of gory thrillers. But then again, maybe I should have expected it?

Of course she was murdered. It was premeditat...