The Lipstick Room | A Veronica Lakewood Mystery Audiobook — Part One

Chicago, 1930s: when nightclub singer Veronica Lakewood returns to her hotel after midnight to find Detective O'Rourke waiting with the news that a young typist named Alice Mercer has been found strangled in her locked room — the words VERA LANE WILL UNDERSTAND written on the dead girl's mirror in lipstick, and a card already waiting at the club reading YOU SING LIKE THE DOOR IS LOCKED. IT ISN'T — it becomes clear that a killer has been practising on women alone in the city for months, entering rooms, moving objects, leaving knives on pillows, before graduating to murder and choosing Veronica's name as his return address; a duplicate key to her hotel suite found in the dead girl's room, a woman's red scarf tied to her fire escape in the rain, a second terrified survivor reached by telephone before the line goes dead, and the notebook Alice Mercer hid before she was killed — slipped under the door of room 614 with the words PART ONE written beneath her name — make plain that this is not finished but only beginning; The Lipstick Room is an original noir mystery about women who were not listened to until it was too late, and the singer who intends to be the last door he opens. ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS This is an original noir mystery and the first instalment of a continuing story. All characters and events are entirely fictional. 💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS The killer leaves a trail of calling cards — lipstick messages, a glove on the windowsill, a duplicate key, and the notebook marked PART ONE — but the detail that haunts us most is the soap. The man who scrubs his hands raw after every room. What do you think he is washing off — and did Alice Mercer's notebook reach Veronica in time? 🕵️ 📖 GET THE EBOOK — $3.99If you'd like a copy to keep, here's where to find it:📌 Patreon — included with Writing Table and Archive Society memberships, or one-time purchase https://www.patreon.com/posts/156573383 🛒 Gumroad — one-time purchase, EPUB + PDF included https://nocturnaltalespod.gumroad.com/l/ebookvol2 ❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — one-time purchase, EPUB + PDF included buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales/e/532495 Both formats included with every purchase — EPUB for Kindle, Kobo, and Apple Books · PDF for tablets. ❤️ SUPPORT & LISTENING OPTIONS 📌 Patreon (ad-free episodes, early access, bonus content – tiers from $2.99/month) https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales ❤️ Buy Me a Coffee (one-time support) https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales 💛 PayPal (one-time tip) https://paypal.me/nocturnaltalesprod 🎧 Spotify (follow the show) https://open.spotify.com/show/0OQ7OEseXIMbMt2NTI7oHy?si=FY8mgTx1SDqBdR7CJgymGw 📚 CHILDREN'S BOOK (Amazon) Sherlock Paws and the Diamond of the Nile https://amzn.to/3MRzLNq 🧾 CREDITS Written by Nocturnal Tales. Narrated by Nocturnal Tales. 🔖 TAGS / KEYWORDS Veronica Lakewood mystery audiobook, 1930s Chicago noir mystery, serial killer mystery audiobook, nightclub singer mystery, locked room mystery audiobook, noir thriller audiobook, women in danger mystery, Golden Age dark mystery podcast, stalker mystery audiobook, lipstick clue mystery, original mystery audiobook series, Chicago crime fiction audiobook, classic noir audiobook, vintage detective thriller, mystery audiobook cliffhanger