Death By Karaoke
(2025)(The eighth book in the Sunset Manor Mystery series)
A Story by Cathlyn Sweets
Death By Karaoke
When the music stops, the mystery begins...
Violet Hartwell thought the worst part of karaoke night at Sunset Manor would be listening to tone-deaf residents butcher classic songs. She was wrong. The worst part is when Vernon Walsh—the manor's most enthusiastic and least talented crooner—gets electrocuted mid-performance during his painful rendition of "My Way."
What starts as poetic justice quickly becomes murder when the investigation reveals Vernon's microphone was deliberately sabotaged. But in a retirement home where Vernon's nightly serenades drove residents to wear earplugs and consider relocation, everyone had motive to silence the would-be Sinatra permanently.
Between competing karaoke gangs in matching sequined outfits, a jealous ex-boyfriend with electrical knowledge, and kitchen staff who know suspiciously too much about wiring, Violet and her fellow amateur detectives have their work cut out for them. Frank Morrison weaponizes his mobility scooter in pursuit of justice, Agnes Pemberton documents every dramatic detail for her underground newsletter, and Dolores Martinez provides commentary that's sharper than her bedazzled flask.
As the Sunset Manor Detective Agency digs deeper, they uncover a web of romantic revenge, acoustic terrorism, and desperate measures that proves sometimes love songs can be deadly. With Detective Murray trying to maintain order and the manor's administration threatening to cancel all musical activities, Violet must solve the case before karaoke night becomes a permanent dirge.
This is one mystery where the victim might have deserved what they got—but murder is still murder, even when the motive is justifiable noise control.
In a place where the residents are dying to solve crimes, some performances really are to die for...
Genre: Mystery
When the music stops, the mystery begins...
Violet Hartwell thought the worst part of karaoke night at Sunset Manor would be listening to tone-deaf residents butcher classic songs. She was wrong. The worst part is when Vernon Walsh—the manor's most enthusiastic and least talented crooner—gets electrocuted mid-performance during his painful rendition of "My Way."
What starts as poetic justice quickly becomes murder when the investigation reveals Vernon's microphone was deliberately sabotaged. But in a retirement home where Vernon's nightly serenades drove residents to wear earplugs and consider relocation, everyone had motive to silence the would-be Sinatra permanently.
Between competing karaoke gangs in matching sequined outfits, a jealous ex-boyfriend with electrical knowledge, and kitchen staff who know suspiciously too much about wiring, Violet and her fellow amateur detectives have their work cut out for them. Frank Morrison weaponizes his mobility scooter in pursuit of justice, Agnes Pemberton documents every dramatic detail for her underground newsletter, and Dolores Martinez provides commentary that's sharper than her bedazzled flask.
As the Sunset Manor Detective Agency digs deeper, they uncover a web of romantic revenge, acoustic terrorism, and desperate measures that proves sometimes love songs can be deadly. With Detective Murray trying to maintain order and the manor's administration threatening to cancel all musical activities, Violet must solve the case before karaoke night becomes a permanent dirge.
This is one mystery where the victim might have deserved what they got—but murder is still murder, even when the motive is justifiable noise control.
In a place where the residents are dying to solve crimes, some performances really are to die for...
Genre: Mystery
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