Coffee and Chat

Coffee and Chat
Some secrets are brewed, not buried.
Amy Finch has spent twenty years listening to other people's secrets. As the owner of **Coffee and Chat**, the cozy heart of the fog-shrouded village of Bramblewick, she knows who is lying, who is longing, and who is living a life that doesn't quite fit. She pours coffee, wipes counters, and appears not to listen. But she is always listening.

When the village's most feared resident, Victor Harrow, is found dead in his locked library- the police call it a tragic accident. Amy knows better. Because someone has been leaving her a clue -a photograph from 1978, its faces scratched out, its secrets still bleeding through the paper.

As the body count rises and the fog closes in, Amy finds herself caught between the village's polished surface and the rot beneath. Everyone has something to hide. Her quiet best friend. The vicar with the trembling hands. The mysterious man in the corner booth who reads books about poison and smiles like he's already solved the crime.

Coffee and Chat is a slow-burn mystery for readers who love atmospheric villages, complicated women, and endings that linger like the last sip of coffee.