Fade to Velda

Fade to Velda is Volume Two in Joe Slade’s Mushroom Village series. This tale dives into the Mushroom Village’s response to outside drug influences. Although the Village exists on hemp revenues, they hold a hard line against hard drugs. The death of a young rock star leads to high tension between Dan Miller, the only detective in the Village, and The Evil Magician, the co-op’s president. This story is about trust. Do you trust your neighbor with your life? Well, you have to if you live in the Village. Typical of a Slade mystery, the solving of Velda’s death is only a doorway into examining the Village’s shortcomings.