[Drop Dead] is a short mystery written in the 70's. No city or country is mentioned and I finally decided that the author was using a fictional stand-in for any English speaking city. Here she is looking at why some people choose suicide, some life, and some even choose murder. The time is just before Christmas, somewhere in the North (a snow storm is on its way to the city), and the book opens with a young woman taking a large amount of cash from her bank account. Later we discover that she uses it at Kuper's General Store, a multi-floor department store catering to the more affluent citizen's of the city where she buys numerous gifts to be gift-wrapped for 'David'. Then, after buying herself a new coat, the woman makes her way up to the ninth floor and goes out onto a balcony with the intention of jumping when the storm arrives. Much of the mystery revolves around David's identity and whereabouts. There are also the secrets that everyone is keeping. This was an interesting book and I would read more by this author.