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Attack and Decay

Vinyl Detective, Book 6

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Attack and Decay

By: Andrew Cartmel
Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
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About this listen

The Vinyl Detective plunges into the world of death metal in his sixth adventure. Expect laughs, LPs, cats and the return of fan favourites, Nevada, Tinkler, Stinky Stanmer and more.

The Vinyl Detective goes Scandi noir in his sixth adventure. Disfigured corpse. Check. Grotesque snowman. Check. Headless animals. Check. But in fact the killer is taking their cue not from Scandi noir fiction but another popular Scandinavian export—death metal.

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I really like the vinyl detective series and this one didn’t disappoint. The narrator was very good too, he brings the characters to life really well.

Another great book in the series

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It's the Vinyl Detective as always and the story is as good as ever - Tinkler's a bit too ... Tickler in places, but no problem with the writing. The reading is at times clumsy, with poor characterisation.

Great story, not so great reading.

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I love the ongoing story behind this listen. The ot is unique, and the friendships are strong. All the characters are believable, and all have a place in the plot. As always, the final plot is a big surprise. Brilliantly performed.

Another great episode

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The story was good as always. But the narrator chopped the words as if each word was a separate sentence, and read so annoyingly slowly, it was almost painful to listen. I ended up listening with 1,25x speed, then the tempo was ok, but the chppping still remained.

awful narration

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I do like these daft books a lot.
They are all like an audio cartoon- in some ways they remind me of the same mindset you have to have as when reading or listening to Vonnegut, as a way to visualise or to deal with the characters. Though these are comedy books and do not have that parallel social comment that Kurt does. So for me it's about the film show in the mind that is more animated than live action as it were. .. i would say this series would appeal to a more mature person.

So this follows the usual pattern of the series. This time set in Sweden with some Nordic Noir Rock
Band.. and the usual murders..brilliant fun.

Like leaving the arm up

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