Review: Vinyl Resting Place (Record Shop Mystery #1) by Olivia Blacke

Vinyl Resting Place (Record Shop Mystery #1) by Olivia Blacke

Blurb from Goodreads:

First in a new series by Olivia Blacke, Vinyl Resting Place follows three sisters who discover that opening a family business can be murder.

When Juni Jessup and her sisters Tansy and Maggie put all their beans in one basket to open Sip & Spin Records, a record-slash-coffee shop in Cedar River, Texas, they knew there could be some scratches on the track, but no one was expecting to find a body deader than disco in the supply closet.

Family is everything to the Jessups, so when their uncle is arrested by Juni’s heartbreaking ex on suspicion of murder, the sisters don’t skip a beat putting Sip & Spin up for bail collateral. But their tune changes abruptly when Uncle Calvin disappears, leaving them in a grind. With their uncle’s freedom and the future of their small business on the line, it’s up to Juni and her sisters to get in the groove and figure out whodunit before the killer’s trail—and the coffee—goes cold.

Music and mocha seem like a blend that should be “Knockin' On Heaven's Door,” but caught up in a murder investigation with her family and their life savings on the line, Juni wonders if she might be on the "Highway to Hell" instead.

 

I will definitely be adding this new cozy mystery series to my pile of cozy mysteries in which I read every new book in the series, every year!  This was fun and set outside of Austin, Texas, where the Jessup family continues the family business of a record shop but has added coffee to the mix, too.  I feel I still have a lot to learn about Juni, the MC, but I really liked her world, the store and will look forward to her solving more mysteries in future books.  Definitely add this one to your TBR pile!

Vinyl Resting Place comes out next week on December 27, 2022 and you can purchase HERE.  

The best part about working for the family business is that they can't fire me without causing all sorts of unwanted drama.  The worst part is I can't ever quit, not unless I want to hear about it every single Thanksgiving for the rest of my life—although I would put up with a whole lot for a plateful of Uncle Calvin's deep-fried turkey. And as a bonus, at the family record shop I get to work with my two older sisters.