In the Company of Whales: a novel

Washed-up punk rocker Carla Peterson went from performing for drunks in bars to living in a tiny town in the Pacific Northwest, serving coffee and homemade pies to people who side-eye her leather stompers and heavy eyeliner. She can barely keep her head above water, let alone afford a bus ticket to anywhere else.

In a town where nothing happens, a pod of orcas becomes trapped in the inlet near the coffee shop. The most Carla has helped any animal is moving a spider out of harm's way and cari...