Secrets at the Cafe: A Novel of Suspense About Family and Friendship

A deathbed promise. A missing diary. Can she find her loved one’s message and fulfill a last wish?

Karina Walker is juggling an unexpected upheaval. Rushing to her dying grandmother’s side, the grieving 24-year-old agrees to move home, take over the old café, and read a journal left behind. But she’s shocked to her core when the little red book disappears from view the moment she turns her back.

Building a list of suspects who may have overheard mention of a hidden stash of money, Karina teams up with her cousin and a former teacher to track down her inheritance. And while rumors run rampant around town, she discovers a buried secret that could change her forever….

Karina sets out to untangle the truth. But first she must find the courage to look into her family’s past and face what she finds there. As she starts putting together the pieces of her family’s past, she soon realizes she is building a new future for herself.

If you like small town mysteries, determined heroines, family secrets, and dizzying plot twists, then you’ll love Secrets at the Café.

© 2025 Susan Specht Oram (Audiobook): 9781666693317

Release date

Audiobook: 18 February 2025