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No Roast for the Weary

Weary Writers and Post-Pandemic Blues Author: Cleo Coyle The Village Blend is suffering during the post-pandemic slump. People aren’t coming in for their morning coffees anymore, and during what used to be peak time, the coffee house sits silent and empty. To keep the shop, Clare decides to revitalize an old idea: a special writer’s lounge. She’s heard a bit about it from a previous customer and found one of the old signs. What better way to get people to incorporate the coffeehouse into their daily lives, and foster their creative process? What Clare doesn’t know, however, is that the original [...]

2026-02-02T16:59:54-07:00February 2nd, 2026|Tags: , , , |

Two Girls Down

Stereotypical Detectives And Tough Girl Action Author: Louisa Luna A mother leaves her two children in the car to rush in and buy a present for a birthday party. She comes out, and they are nowhere to be seen. The local police are overwhelmed and understaffed. The family reaches out to bounty hunter / private detective / all-around kick-ass Alice Vega to find the girls before it’s too late. Vega, known for her results and general lack of law abiding, soon teams with shamed ex-cop Max Caplan to suss out answers. What follows is a web of misinformation, wrong suspects, [...]

2025-12-29T13:35:25-07:00December 29th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Turn of the Key, The

“People do go mad, you know, if you stop them from sleeping for long enough...” Author: Ruth Ware It looks like she murdered the child. She had the opportunity and motive, but she swore in her novel length letter to her lawyer that she didn’t do it. Yes, she treated the children badly. Yes, she lied. Yes, she was there under false pretenses. But no, no, she never hurt them. That’s how The Turn of the Key begins, and, as Rowan Caine writes from prison, begging this famous lawyer to take her case, she slowly unravels the strange tale of Heatherbrae [...]

2025-12-15T12:27:38-07:00December 15th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , , |
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