Every family has its secrets.

Morley, for example, is reluctant to talk about her beauty parlour betrayal and that other man in her life: Mathieu.

Stephanie hasn’t been entirely open about what she was doing in the woods last summer.

Sam is keeping mum about his dark powers of prophecy and why he is going by the alias “Samantha.”

And Dave tries to avoid mentioning his attempted break-and-enter at the Turlingtons’.

Who can blame them? When you commit acts of arson during Christmas dinner, attempt to start a life of crime by shoplifting a lipstick or sink your false teeth into the forbidden pleasure of corn on the cob, it’s hard to come clean.

These are the stories that no one knows, the stories Dave and Morley wouldn’t tell you themselves: lies, white and otherwise, aliases, double lives and all manner of petty crimes and everyday transgressions. These are the secrets from the Vinyl Cafe.

"Consider this book a double header...from two Canadians who can hit the ball right of out of the park."
—The Calgary Herald

"...the quintessentially Canadian voice. More Canadian even, than the entire celebrity panel of Front Page Challenge wrapped up in Pierre Berton’s bow tie." "...McLean has darn near perfect pitch....He is so in tune with his characters, the reader is willing to suspend disbelief."
—Winnipeg Free Press

"There’s a reason why Stuart McLean’s books regularly hit bestseller lists. Secrets from the Vinyl Café...contains the same gentle and generous wit, the same smooth storytelling ability, the same warmth of tone, not to mention the same set of endearing characters... that have made McLean a Canadian icon."
—The Globe and Mail