Dr. Lylarose Gentry is a renowned Buddhist teacher with unusual gifts and no fear of death. When gunfire erupts during a private counseling session between Dr. Gentry and Keith Allen, the man who murdered Gentry’s wife, the media quickly announces Lylarose was the shooter. Discovering their beloved teacher was more haunted than she appeared, her students are left with an impossible question. Did she do it? With few clues to guide them, police investigators struggle to uncover the truth. As the media descends on the story, Penelope Fine—a disingenuous self-help author battling her own demons—will do whatever it takes to prove her guru didn’t kill anyone. The Space Between Breaths is a literary mystery that explores how far grief can drive us—from what we believe, from who we trust, and maybe even from ourselves.