First Pressing
(2025)(The sixth book in the Vinyl and Victims Mystery series)
A Story by Maisy Marple and Sadie Wren
The final note in Harbor Point's musical mystery series!
After a year of solving music-related murders in the charming coastal town of Harbor Point, Maine, former Grammy-winning producer Melody Clarke has transformed her vintage vinyl shop "Needle Drop" into a beloved community fixture. As she prepares for the First Annual Harbor Point Vinyl Festival celebrating her shop's anniversary, Melody receives a mysterious package containing a pristine first pressing of "Seaside Symphony" – the legendary lost album by celebrated composer Martin Rhodes who vanished without a trace in 1965.
The record contains a hidden message etched in its dead wax: "The circle closes where it began. Harbor Point holds one final secret where all paths converge."
When acoustic technology expert Maxwell Stone arrives to demonstrate a revolutionary "immersive listening experience" at the festival, Melody discovers disturbing connections between his plans and the mysterious vinyl recording. With the help of her trusted allies – shop assistant Zoe Parker, Police Chief Adrian Wells, and sound engineer Thomas Willis – Melody uncovers a decades-old conspiracy involving sound technology designed to preserve musical experiences that has been corrupted for more sinister purposes.
As festival attendees begin exhibiting strange synchronized behaviors after Stone's demonstration, Melody realizes she's racing against time to prevent Harbor Point from becoming the testing ground for consciousness-altering acoustic technology. The investigation leads to an abandoned lighthouse where all the threads connecting Melody's previous cases finally converge – revealing the ultimate secret behind Harbor Point's unusually musical history.
In this satisfying conclusion to the Vinyl & Victims series, Melody must use her "producer's ear" one last time to distinguish between authentic preservation and dangerous manipulation, all while determining whether her future lies in the coastal town that has become much more than a retirement destination.
First Pressing delivers everything cozy mystery fans have come to love about the Vinyl & Victims series – clever dialogue, musical insights, charming coastal Maine ambiance, and a twisting mystery that builds on the threads of previous books while standing perfectly well on its own. Join Melody and her friends as they solve Harbor Point's most personal mystery yet in this pitch-perfect series finale!
Genre: Mystery
After a year of solving music-related murders in the charming coastal town of Harbor Point, Maine, former Grammy-winning producer Melody Clarke has transformed her vintage vinyl shop "Needle Drop" into a beloved community fixture. As she prepares for the First Annual Harbor Point Vinyl Festival celebrating her shop's anniversary, Melody receives a mysterious package containing a pristine first pressing of "Seaside Symphony" – the legendary lost album by celebrated composer Martin Rhodes who vanished without a trace in 1965.
The record contains a hidden message etched in its dead wax: "The circle closes where it began. Harbor Point holds one final secret where all paths converge."
When acoustic technology expert Maxwell Stone arrives to demonstrate a revolutionary "immersive listening experience" at the festival, Melody discovers disturbing connections between his plans and the mysterious vinyl recording. With the help of her trusted allies – shop assistant Zoe Parker, Police Chief Adrian Wells, and sound engineer Thomas Willis – Melody uncovers a decades-old conspiracy involving sound technology designed to preserve musical experiences that has been corrupted for more sinister purposes.
As festival attendees begin exhibiting strange synchronized behaviors after Stone's demonstration, Melody realizes she's racing against time to prevent Harbor Point from becoming the testing ground for consciousness-altering acoustic technology. The investigation leads to an abandoned lighthouse where all the threads connecting Melody's previous cases finally converge – revealing the ultimate secret behind Harbor Point's unusually musical history.
In this satisfying conclusion to the Vinyl & Victims series, Melody must use her "producer's ear" one last time to distinguish between authentic preservation and dangerous manipulation, all while determining whether her future lies in the coastal town that has become much more than a retirement destination.
First Pressing delivers everything cozy mystery fans have come to love about the Vinyl & Victims series – clever dialogue, musical insights, charming coastal Maine ambiance, and a twisting mystery that builds on the threads of previous books while standing perfectly well on its own. Join Melody and her friends as they solve Harbor Point's most personal mystery yet in this pitch-perfect series finale!
Genre: Mystery
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