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Rare record hunt leads to danger, debts, and deadly melodies.
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Written in Dead Wax

The First Vinyl Detective Mystery

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    10 May 2016

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Summary

He is a record collector — a connoisseur of vinyl, hunting out rare and elusive LPs. His business card describes him as the “Vinyl Detective” and some people take this more literally than others.

Like the beautiful, mysterious woman who wants to pay him a large sum of money to find a priceless lost recording — on behalf of an extremely wealthy (and rather sinister) shadowy client.

Given that he’s just about to run out of cat biscuits, this gets our hero’s full attention. So be…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781783297672
ISBN-10:1783297670
Author:Andrew Cartmel
Publisher:Titan Books Ltd
Imprint:Titan Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:10 May 2016
Weight:346g
Dimensions:28mm x 130mm x 198mm
Series:The Vinyl Detective
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B-Format
Written in Dead Wax by Andrew Cartmel - ISBN: 9781783297672
130 × 198 mm
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A4
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Critics Review

“This charming mystery feels as companionable as a leisurely afternoon trawling the vintage shops with a good friend.” - Kirkus

“An irresistible blend of murder, mystery and music… our protagonist seeks to find the rarest of records - and incidentally solve a murder, right a great historical injustice and , if he’s very lucky, avoid dying in the process.” - Ben; “The Vinyl Detective is one of the sharpest and most original characters I’ve seen for a long time.” - David Quantick.

About The Author

Andrew Cartmel

Andrew Cartmel is a novelist, comics writer, and screenwriter. His work includes a distinguished sojourn script editing Doctor Who for three years (search “Cartmel masterplan”), co-writing the Rivers of London graphic novels, and plays. As a crime novelist, Andrew created the Vinyl Detective while listening to a lot of music, most of it good, most of it very good. Andrew Cartmel lives in London with too many books, too many records, and just enough cats.

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