The Vinyl Detective Series

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The vinyl detective series.

The vinyl detective the run out groove. Andrew cartmel born 1958 is a british author and journalist. Buy the vinyl detective written in dead wax vinyl detective 1 vinyl detective mysteries. Readers of this blog will have come across my enthusiastic reviews of two of the books in andrew cartmel s vinyl detective mystery series written in dead wax and the run out groove the protagonist of the series is a sleuth who gets hired to find particular rare records.

He is a record collector a connoisseur of vinyl hunting out rare and elusive lps. There s a detective involved in atypical investigations the detailed geographic knowledge of london and a whole load of jazz references. A vinyl detective mystery 1 by andrew cartmel isbn. The vinyl detective couldn t have drunk anymore obviously from aaronovitch s rivers of london series if the hero had been named grant peters.

I ll say no more except that im looking forward to the next in the series. Vinyl detective 2 by andrew cartmel paperback 11 19 only 20 left in stock more on the way. Helene hilditch formerly known as howlin hellbitch of all girl punk outfit blue tits is a mean guitarist s. He was the script editor of doctor who during the sylvester mccoy era of the show between 1987 and 1989.

4 16 691 ratings 77 reviews published 2019 6 editions. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Like an old 45rpm record this book crackles with brilliance david quantick on written in dead wax semi retired god of rock guitar and local poseur erik make loud has got himself a new girlfriend. The vinyl detective series book 1 written in dead wax.

The vinyl detective who remains anonymous has a big love of cool jazz and his prized possession is his extensive collection of rare jazz lps. 9781783297672 from amazon s book store. He has also worked as a script editor on other television series as a magazine editor as a comics writer as a film studies lecturer and as a novelist. This is great story and there is some really good character development.

Some interesting twist and turns and a surprise reveal at the end. Andrew cartmel s vinyl detective novels are a cool quirky and contemporary series of books whose central character is a record collector turned sleuth. The vinyl detective goes punk in his fifth hilarious adventure.