About the Book
How well does your barista really know you?
Following a string of high profile digital robberies, FBI agent Lucielle and Cybercrimes Analyst Olivia work to chase down the hackers responsible. But they have no idea those criminals are sitting in the cars ahead of them in the drive-through.
Only one person may be able to link them all together and fill in the missing gaps: Amanda Lexie, the barista who knows them all by name and remembers their “usual” orders on sight.
But as the mob works to cover their tracks, Amanda’s involvement with the police puts a target on her back. When the cybercrimes shift into missing persons and murder, Lucielle and Olivia must work together before it’s too late for their favorite barista.
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Discussion Questions
- Icebreaker: When you go to a coffee shop, what is your default drink?
- This book centers around the drive-through of a coffee shop and the idea of “sonder,” that everyone you encounter is the main character of their own story and living in their own deeply personal world. Have you ever wondered what the people in line with you for coffee were going through? How often would you say you think about the world through this lens?
- The characters in this novel interact with each other because of their daily routines. Is there anyone in your life that you interact with because of your daily habits and rhythms?
- Amanda Lexie is beloved by her customers for numerous reasons. Have you ever been a regular at a coffee shop where a barista knew you by name? What did you like about that? What did you dislike about that?
- As the plot progresses, Amanda winds up in deep trouble. In her shoes, what might you have done differently? When would you have deviated from her path?
- Amanda, George, Adam, Lucielle, and Olivia all have unique views of the world. Whose perspective of events did you most agree with? Whose did you dislike the most?
- Did you have a favorite quote from one of the characters? What do you like about it? What does it tell you about their worldview?
- Adam makes a string of bad decisions in this book, and can’t seem to get himself out of that pattern. What are some ways you have intentionally changed your rhythms to set yourself on a better course?
- The author uses point of view liberally in this book. Did you enjoy the variation in narrators? Which character was your favorite to read from? Why or why not?
- If you could ask any character one thing, what would it be? How do you think that character would respond?