When precision-loving Chicago archivist Nora Clarke is sent to the fog-bound fishing village of Port Blossom, Maine to empty a century-old post office before the wrecking crews arrive, she expects neat boxes and quiet goodbyes-not a town that treats its history like a living, breathing thing. There she collides with Leo Vance and the self-appointed Dead Letters Club, locals who rescue undelivered mail and chase the stories inside. One fragile WWII letter pulls Nora into a search that tests her rules, tangles her heart, and poses a wrenching question: are some truths meant to be preserved, or protected? As demolition day ticks closer, Nora and Leo must decide what to deliver-and what to let rest-before Port Blossom's past is sealed for good.
The Dead Letters Club is Sophie Shaw's first novel, a tender, witty romance about order and chaos, memory and mercy, and the letters that find us when we least expect it.