Giles Anthony Maurice Gibson, Manhattanite and president of ABC Toys, floats through life on a cloud of wealth and privilege. Until now. When his company’s negligence results in tragedy, the judge, weary of a world where justice is rarely served, sentences Giles to a year of community service in rural Oregon, and supervised work at Sunnyside Up, a local diner. Renamed “Tony,” and fitted with an ankle monitor to keep him in his place, he must find a way to make amends for the consequences of always choosing the easy way.

Shortly after Giles-learning-to-be-Tony arrives, the curmudgeonly cook finds a dead body in the dumpster behind the restaurant. Tony and the other misfits at the diner are soon suspects, but—though they will eventually work together to figure out “whodunnit”—Two Over Easy All Day Long isn’t a murder mystery, it’s a human mystery, asking how far a person can bend before breaking, and whether breaking isn’t the point, after all.

Shari Lane grew up in Ashland (mostly), and now lives on Lopez Island, Washington (a magical island in the Salish Sea). Shari is a graduate of Ashland Senior High, University of Oregon, University of Washington, and Lewis & Clark College, and her careers have included attorney, preschool director, and middle school Latin teacher. Shari’s short stories have appeared in Adelaide Literary Magazine, Evening Street Review, Antithesis (forthcoming), Cape Magazine, and others. Whenever possible, Shari surrounds herself with books, readers, and writers. Shari is Managing Editor of SHARK REEF Literary Magazine, a library trustee, and the host of a monthly open mic for writers. For more information about Shari and Two Over Easy All Day Long, including upcoming events, and to sign up for monthly newsletters, go to www.sharilane.com. Follow Shari on Facebook, Instagram (@readwritebreathe), and (soon!) YouTube.

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