Joseph Bradley

Technothrillers • Mysteries • High-Stakes Adventure

Author of The Macallister Files and The Second Fret Mysteries, and creator of the Velvet Horizon and Safehouse Lounge YouTube channels — vintage music for the worlds my books live in.

The Macallister Files

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The Ghost of the Iron Road

High-stakes adventure in the spirit of Clive Cussler. Available now!

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🎧 Reading soundtrack: The Safehouse Lounge

The Second Fret Mysteries

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Strummed To Death

A locked room. A dead legend. Murder by acoustics.

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🎧 Reading soundtrack: Velvet Horizon
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Feedback Loop

Death broadcast on the airwaves. Coda's hardest case yet.

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🎧 Reading soundtrack: Velvet Horizon
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Dead Air

An infrasonic weapon at a music festival.

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🎧 Reading soundtrack: Velvet Horizon

Listen While You Read

Two YouTube channels, both built around vintage 1960s atmosphere — one warm and inviting, one cool and shadowed. Perfect for reading, working, or just escaping for a while.

Velvet Horizon

"The dinner host's playlist"

Warm vintage ambient music — dinner playlists, study soundtracks, 1960s easy listening, and seasonal collections. New videos every Wednesday and Sunday.

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The Safehouse Lounge

"The secret agent's playlist"

1960s spy noir, space age pop, and exotic location lounge music for deep focus and late-night work. New videos every Monday and Thursday.

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Pair the cozy mysteries with Velvet Horizon. Pair the action adventure with The Safehouse Lounge. Same era, different moods.

About Joseph Bradley

I'm a Florida-based author and creator who tells stories two ways — on the page and through sound. I write thrillers and mysteries, and I curate vintage music collections for the kind of evenings my books are meant to be read on.

The Macallister Files are high-stakes adventures in the Cussler tradition. The Second Fret Mysteries follow Coda Cody, a former Navy Sonar Tech who solves crimes using his extraordinary hearing. Both series are set against worlds with their own soundtrack — which is why the YouTube channels exist.

Whether you found me through a book or through a playlist, welcome.

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