kate_m_m 's review for:

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
4.0

3.5 rounding up to 4. It took a while to get going; I almost quit after the first section, but it then got personal and finally started explaining who Ray was and why his violin was so personally important. Needed more character development and the mystery was pretty mediocre, but overall a good debut and I think Slocumb's writing and storytelling will get stronger. The audiobook included musical interludes. It was well read by JD Jackson, sped up to around a 1.4x.