pAfter the doctors tell her that shes losing her battle with cancer, Minnie reluctantly takes the last bed at Holl House, a hospice in Hamburg, Germany, to confront lifes most unanswerable questions. To her surprise, her newand lasthome could almost pass for a hotel no white coats and plenty of champagne, if it werent for the full-time staff, the hard drugs, and the hearse parked outside. Before long, Minnie realizes that death isnt the only mystery to be explored at Holl House each of her terminally ill roommates hides a secret, and as her own departure nears, she begins to suspect that three recent passings are not quite as natural