This is a book set on the Isle of Man, and written by an acquaintance's husband. The locations are so familiar to me, but it's the characters and humour that have delighted.
Jack owns a coffee shop, a rather down-at-heel coffee shop, and he is desperately trying to keep the business open. He is hopeless, and everything he touches turns to disaster.
Emma works in the coffee shop, and grows concerned when one of their elderly regulars doesn't show for his morning coffee. She find out where he lives and pops round to check. He has been the victim of charities sending appeals after appeals. The letters keep coming, and he is phoned at all times by people begging for money. Emma helps him get the situation sorted, and learns quite a number of other elderly people in their community have been scammed.
Together Jack and Emma work to create a social group for isolate, elderly people where they can meet, laugh, dance, etc. The group shares information, and they teach each other how not to be scammed.
This description does not express the rounded characters, the humour, and what a joy it is to read. There were sections I had to read multiple times because they were just so funny.
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