This book is only 67 pages long. It is a short story, originally published in an anthology Rogues edited by George R.R. Martin. The story won the Edgar Award for Best Short Story in 2015.
The story is written in short sentences with unsophisticated vocabulary. It is fast paced and can easily be read in an hour. I was planning to encourage my 13 year old son to read it. At the first sentence "I didn't stop giving hand jobs because I wasn't good at it", I decided it would be inappropriate!
I don't think the protagonist, a young women posing as a mystic, is ever named. A client, Susan Miles, is concerned that her new home is haunted and asks the mystic to come and take a look. Even at the end it's not entirely clear who is the rogue and who is the grownup, but there are enough plot twists to keep you guessing.
This is a good book to leave on a coffee table to encourage someone to take a break and enjoy a great read. I'm going to buy the Rogues anthology; I hope the other 20 stories are just as good.
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