Review of "The Midnight Special" by Larry Karp

Thomas Purdue is a doctor by profession, and a music box collector and repairer by choice. When he receives a call from his friend, Edna Rynolds. Edna says that she has just killed someone, and could Thomas come right over?

This is the start of a delightful mystery and a tour into the lives of a group of music box collectors and their society of friends. There are all sorts of characters to meet and most of them are delightful. Mostly old collectors and experts and one young man with a special talent for hearing music and seeing the pictures it makes for him.

There is a murder and the theft of a very special music box that is quite valuable. Thomas thrives on putting people together and getting them well by paying attention to their special needs. He puts them together when they can help each other survive, and in the course of all of his good deeds and in spite of his wife's eternal carping, he solves all of the mysteries just fine.