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The Vermeer Crescendo
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 2 2026
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A hush falls over Amsterdam's canals... and the silence is lying.
Saskia van Laren used to teach music with a voice that could stop a room. Now she lives with a vocal injury-and solves problems with what she's always trusted most: listening.
At Harmonia, her canal-side music school, the days are warm with kettle steam, student scales, and found-family routines. Until a Vermeer-linked scandal turns dangerous: a missing piece, a predator in the art world, and a threat that feels less like a message...and more like a frequency.
With Isabel-steady, sharp, and rooted in her Surinamese-Dutch community-and Nina, a selkie whose loyalty runs deep as the sea, Saskia follows clues through candlelit practice rooms, rainy bike lanes, and the edges of old canals where something inhuman still remembers how to sing.
Because in Amsterdam, secrets don't stay buried.
They resonate.
This cozy paranormal fantasy mystery delivers:
Older, capable protagonist (full agency, zero cute granny energy)
Disability-forward sleuthing (adaptations + competence on the page)
Amsterdam atmosphere (canals, culture, everyday rhythm)
Sirens & selkies (fresh paranormal beings, cozy tone)
Casually LGBTQ+ positive found family
A fair-play mystery with heart, humor, and healing
Perfect for readers who love community-centered cozy mysteries with a magical edge-where the ending feels both inevitable and deeply satisfying.
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