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She spent two years in a time loop. Now she's ready to solve a murder. And maybe grab a bagel. The Seven Year Slip meets Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers in this wholly original time loop mystery. For the past two years, Amie Teller has been stuck in a time loop. Each day, she wakes up and it's September 17th. Same day, same weather, same people, same conversations. Until, one day, it's September 18th, and Amie is free. Before she can celebrate, Amie learns her neighbor was murdered the day before--the day Amie has lived hundreds of times. Amie knows she has to help; nobody knows yesterday like she does. But acclimating to her new non-repeating life proves to be more difficult than expected. How does one resume their life after a time loop, anyway? Assisted by an ex-girlfriend who wants to make their friendship work, and a grumpy neighbor who spends his days building Rube Goldberg machines, Amie sets out to track down who killed (and killed and killed and killed) Savannah Harlow. Readers who love time loop novels, amateur sleuth mysteries, and original takes on classic tropes will love Out of the Loop.
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- ISBN-13: 9798892423946
- ISBN-10: 9798892423946
- Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
- Publish Date: February 2026
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
- Page Count: 336
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Katie Siegel takes on time loops, heartbreak and murder in Out of the Loop, a wildly inventive new cozy mystery. For over two years, Amie woke up on September 17. No matter what she did or didn’t do, no matter who she spoke to or how far she traveled, Amie could not escape September 17. Until she did. When Amie finally wakes up on September 18, she’s overjoyed and incredulous. She doesn’t know what landed her in that infernal loop, and she doesn’t understand how she got out. She’s just thankful she finally escaped. But before Amie can make the most of her freedom, she learns that someone murdered her neighbor, Savannah, the day before—on September 17. Was Amie put into the time loop to prevent the murder? Or was she released to solve it? After all, no one knows that day like Amie. Out of the Loop is wholly original and satisfying. Katie Siegel executes the time loop concept well, striking the perfect balance between explaining the loop’s rules without getting bogged down by them. More importantly, this plot device is central to the mystery. It’s not just something that happened to Amie before she begins sleuthing; Amie’s experiences across the two-year loop help her better understand her present and solve the crime. This book is more than just its time-defying concept, though. Amie’s relationships with her ex-girlfriend, Ziya, and her neighbor David are integral to the story. Amie and Ziya broke up three months before the loop happened, and they’re trying to figure out how to be in each other’s lives when they still hold complicated feelings. David is Amie’s older, cranky neighbor who spends his time building Rube Goldberg machines; he’s also her chosen family, and the way Amie and David support each other is deeply moving. Despite being stuck in the loop for over two years, Amie doesn’t really begin to grow or learn from the experience until she makes it back to the present. From there, it’s satisfying to watch her evolution from a young woman who’s scared to make a mistake to one who fearlessly pursues justice and a better life for herself in Out of the Loop.
Katie Siegel takes on time loops, heartbreak and murder in Out of the Loop, a wildly inventive new cozy mystery. For over two years, Amie woke up on September 17. No matter what she did or didn’t do, no matter who she spoke to or how far she traveled, Amie could not escape September 17. Until she did. When Amie finally wakes up on September 18, she’s overjoyed and incredulous. She doesn’t know what landed her in that infernal loop, and she doesn’t understand how she got out. She’s just thankful she finally escaped. But before Amie can make the most of her freedom, she learns that someone murdered her neighbor, Savannah, the day before—on September 17. Was Amie put into the time loop to prevent the murder? Or was she released to solve it? After all, no one knows that day like Amie. Out of the Loop is wholly original and satisfying. Katie Siegel executes the time loop concept well, striking the perfect balance between explaining the loop’s rules without getting bogged down by them. More importantly, this plot device is central to the mystery. It’s not just something that happened to Amie before she begins sleuthing; Amie’s experiences across the two-year loop help her better understand her present and solve the crime. This book is more than just its time-defying concept, though. Amie’s relationships with her ex-girlfriend, Ziya, and her neighbor David are integral to the story. Amie and Ziya broke up three months before the loop happened, and they’re trying to figure out how to be in each other’s lives when they still hold complicated feelings. David is Amie’s older, cranky neighbor who spends his time building Rube Goldberg machines; he’s also her chosen family, and the way Amie and David support each other is deeply moving. Despite being stuck in the loop for over two years, Amie doesn’t really begin to grow or learn from the experience until she makes it back to the present. From there, it’s satisfying to watch her evolution from a young woman who’s scared to make a mistake to one who fearlessly pursues justice and a better life for herself in Out of the Loop.