VINYL RESTING PLACE – Book #1 in the Record Shop Mysteries
- “All Y’all Will Love This…More than most other kinds of mysteries, successful cozies rely on a strong community that we would like to return to and a cast of characters we would like to know more about—and Blacke’s first in this new series succeeds delightfully at both. Juni Jessup is back in Cedar River, Texas after six years in the Pacific Northwest. Laid off from her tech job and a bit homesick, she’s returned mainly to join her two sisters as partners in Sip & Spin, a record store and cafe. But at their blow-out opening party, the body of a young woman is found in the supply closet. Very dead. That’s bad enough, but she’s also clutching Uncle Calvin’s card. Calvin is arrested, the sisters put their shop up for collateral, then Calvin skips bail and disappears. This leaves the sisters with a double-headed mystery: who killed the victim and where in the world did Calvin get to? This is your sort of poke-around mystery, in which Juni bikes around town asking questions, although the way gossip flies in Cedar River, all you really need to do is stand in one place long enough and listen. But Juni’s a great storyteller, the small-town Texas-ness of it all is lots of fun, and there’s not one but two possible romances. What else could you ask for?“—in First Clue by Brian Kenney, August 4, 2022
- “Juni Jessup runs a record-slash-coffee shop called Sip & Spin Records with her sisters Tansy and Maggie in Cedar Springs, Texas. When a killer strikes close to their shop and their uncle is falsely arrested for the crime, she and her sisters must work together to catch the real culprit.” – 15 Cozy Mysteries Coming Out In The Second Half Of 2022 in Book Riot by CJ Connor, Jun 20, 2022
- ““Vinyl Resting Place” by Olivia Blacke, releasing December 27th, is the first in the Record Shop Mysteries series. Juni runs a record and coffee shop with her sisters. When a killer strikes near their shop and their uncle is accused of the crime, the sisters work together to catch the culprit.” – Library Lowdown: New ‘cozy mysteries’ coming to Bridgeport Library by Savanna Draper for the Exponent Telegram, Jun 29, 2022
VINYL RESTING PLACE and the Record Shop Mysteries are topping the charts!
