Out of the Loop: A Novel

By: Katie Siegel

Published by Crooked Lane Books, 2026-02-10

She spent two years in a time loop. Now she’s ready to solve a murder. And maybe grab a bagel.<br/><br/>The Seven-Year Slip meets Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers in this wholly original time loop mystery.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>But 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.<br/><br/>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 revisits the one day in which she’s already overstayed her welcome, but with a brand-new mission: track down the killer.<br/><br/>Readers who love time loop novels, amateur sleuth mysteries, and original takes on classic tropes will love Out of the Loop.