Locked Groove
(2025)(The fourth book in the Vinyl and Victims Mystery series)
A Story by Maisy Marple and Sadie Wren
A COZY MYSTERY WHERE THE SOUNDTRACK IS TO DIE FOR
When Melody Clarke traded producing platinum records in Los Angeles for running a vintage vinyl shop in coastal Maine, she hoped for a quieter life. Instead, the former music producer has become Harbor Point's reluctant amateur sleuth, with a "producer's ear" that catches the discordant notes in any mystery.
After rebuilding Needle Drop following a devastating fire, Melody is ready for a peaceful winter in her beloved shop. But when a mysterious bootleg recording arrives containing hidden messages, and an enigmatic audio restoration specialist named Jackson Hayes moves to town, harmony quickly turns to discord.
As Harbor Point prepares for its annual Winter Solstice Festival, Melody discovers Hayes has a sinister connection to consciousness transfer technology that nearly claimed lives during the summer. Worse, he's targeting specific "vessels" for his experiments—with Melody's unique "producer's ear" making her his prime candidate.
When Hayes demonstrates his "immersive historical journey through music" at a pre-festival reception, festival-goers begin experiencing strange new memories and abilities that aren't their own. Time is running out as Melody realizes Hayes carries the preserved consciousness of Victor Mercer, a musical genius who's been "body-hopping" for decades to cheat death.
With the help of Police Chief Adrian Wells, sound engineer Thomas Willis, and her vinyl-encyclopedic assistant Zoe Parker, Melody must stop Hayes before his midnight consciousness transfer at the mysterious Blue Cottage claims new victims. Using her producer's knowledge of harmonic frequencies, Melody creates a plan to disrupt the transfer—but finds herself in a dangerous duet with a man who's actually many minds in one.
Curl up with this perfect winter read where musical expertise meets amateur sleuthing in a coastal Maine town full of hidden histories and deadly secrets. From the lighthouse to the harbor, "Locked Groove" spins a tale of preservation gone wrong and the thin line between immortalizing art and stealing souls.
Genre: Mystery
When Melody Clarke traded producing platinum records in Los Angeles for running a vintage vinyl shop in coastal Maine, she hoped for a quieter life. Instead, the former music producer has become Harbor Point's reluctant amateur sleuth, with a "producer's ear" that catches the discordant notes in any mystery.
After rebuilding Needle Drop following a devastating fire, Melody is ready for a peaceful winter in her beloved shop. But when a mysterious bootleg recording arrives containing hidden messages, and an enigmatic audio restoration specialist named Jackson Hayes moves to town, harmony quickly turns to discord.
As Harbor Point prepares for its annual Winter Solstice Festival, Melody discovers Hayes has a sinister connection to consciousness transfer technology that nearly claimed lives during the summer. Worse, he's targeting specific "vessels" for his experiments—with Melody's unique "producer's ear" making her his prime candidate.
When Hayes demonstrates his "immersive historical journey through music" at a pre-festival reception, festival-goers begin experiencing strange new memories and abilities that aren't their own. Time is running out as Melody realizes Hayes carries the preserved consciousness of Victor Mercer, a musical genius who's been "body-hopping" for decades to cheat death.
With the help of Police Chief Adrian Wells, sound engineer Thomas Willis, and her vinyl-encyclopedic assistant Zoe Parker, Melody must stop Hayes before his midnight consciousness transfer at the mysterious Blue Cottage claims new victims. Using her producer's knowledge of harmonic frequencies, Melody creates a plan to disrupt the transfer—but finds herself in a dangerous duet with a man who's actually many minds in one.
Curl up with this perfect winter read where musical expertise meets amateur sleuthing in a coastal Maine town full of hidden histories and deadly secrets. From the lighthouse to the harbor, "Locked Groove" spins a tale of preservation gone wrong and the thin line between immortalizing art and stealing souls.
Genre: Mystery
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