title: Your Pet Has Died.  Now What?: A Pet Psychic's Tips for Getting Through the Grief
author: Cindy Grogan
description: Cindy Grogan, The Sensible Psychic, has been a professional psychic-medium and writer for over 25 years. As a child, she was drawn to the spirit realm (from both her Irish background and viewings of Bewitched) and remains a voracious student of all things metaphysical. She has studied at the Omega Institute in New York, the Lily Dale spiritualist community in upstate New York and the Arthur Findlay College in Stansted, England. Cindy is passionate about incorporating the seemingly-mysterious aspects of the spiritual dimensions into the everyday. In addition to teaching, speaking and doing private readings, she blogs regularly on everything from tarot to Animal Communication to spirit guides. Cindy lives outside of New York City with her cats Potter, Oreo and Pyewacket, and some friendly house-spirits. Her website is www.thesensiblepsychic.com.
zlib_text: > _Promises in Death_  
  > ---  
  > In Death [34]  
  > J. D. Robb  
  > Penguin (2009)  
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  > Rating: | ★★★★☆  
  > Tags: | Mystery & Detective  
    
  # Prologue
  
  She was dead the minute she answered the 'link. She didn’t question the caller
  or the urgency of the request. In fact, pleasure and excitement rushed through
  her as she put aside her plans for an early night. Her movements both graceful
  and efficient, she dressed quickly, gathering what she needed.  
  
  She strode through her pretty apartment, ordering the lights to dim, and
  remembered to switch to sleep the little droid kitten her lover had given her
  as a companion.  
  
  She’d named it Sachmo.  
  
  It mewed, blinked its bright green eyes and curled into a ball. She gave its
  sleek white fur an affectionate stroke.  
  
  “Be back soon,” she murmured, making a promise she couldn’t know would be
  broken.  
  
  She glanced around the apartment as she opened the door, smiled at the bouquet
  of red roses in full and dramatic bloom on the t