When a long-lost town founder's journal is discovered beneath Perkatory Café, Emily Voss finds herself at the center of Briar Coast's oldest unsolved mystery. But unearthing the truth comes with consequences-and someone is willing to sabotage her business to keep the past buried. As festival week unfolds, a series of unsettling events-from tampered syrups to anonymous threats-makes it clear that powerful forces are watching. With help from historian Graham Colby and her best friend Jeannie, Emily must outsmart the people determined to silence her before history is rewritten for good. Cozy up with book eight in the Coffee Shop Sleuth Mysteries-a warm blend of small-town secrets, local legends, and the kind of suspense that lingers long after the last sip.