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While Jessica is recording some of her mystery stories for the blind, the sound studio literally goes dark and the studio's new owner is killed. The blind record producer quickly arrested, with his motive tied to the fact that the producer's blindness was due to a car crash caused by the dead man, but Jessica is convinced that it's a set-up, and fights the lieutenant's misogyny, and to prove her friend's innocence. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Apr 28, 2015 - 2 comments

Jessica visits her nephew, Grady, in New York City, where he's an accountant at Paul Carlisle and Associates. It's tax season, so the office is busy, and the partners, Ralph Whitman and Paul Carlisle, are busier dodging the IRS agent who things they're up to something shady. After going out for dinner with his aunt, Grady returns to the office to keep working, where he comes across the body of Ralph, who was strangled in his seat. When the police get involved, Grady is suspect #1, with the building's ghost as suspect #2, due in part to the mysteriously disappearing items and the ominous writing on the walls. Can JB sort this all out? [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Apr 18, 2015 - 7 comments