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The Vinyl Detective Mysteries, Book 5

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

The Vinyl Detective goes punk in his fifth hilarious adventure.

Semi-retired god of rock guitar and local poseur Erik Make Loud has got himself a new girlfriend. Helene Hilditch - formerly known as Howlin' Hellbitch - of all-girl punk outfit Blue Tits is a mean guitarist, and someone is trying to kill her. With a rare pressing of their first album to find, the Vinyl Detecive and Nevada are soon called into to help, but this time the question is, who isn't a suspect?

With a trail of grudges behind her, the list of people who could want Helene dead includes her ex-bandmates, their former producer turned record label mogul, the TV presenter who Helene got fired - even their old roadie could be in on it.

©2020 Andrew Cartmel (P)2020 W. F. Howes Ltd Cosy Crime Fiction Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Witty Funny Crime

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Critic reviews

“Hilarious and thrilling.” (Ben Aaronovitch)
All stars
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I loved this book. Well done Andrew. Also the narration is brilliant and totally brings the story alive.
I can’t wait for the next instalment.

5 Stars all around.

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Greater suspension of disbelief is needed for this book - some plot parts were barely credible. It was enjoyable, however.

The narrator has an unusual rhythm of speech - sounds like a young Jeremy Clarkson.

On the whole, it was fun to read

Not the stronges but still fun.

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I love the characters in this series; Nevada, Tinkler etc. and the cats. This is another case for the Vinyl Detective which involves more than just hunting for a rare disc of a girl punk group. One of the group's life is being threatened.

The writing is superb and it's not often I laugh out loud at a book but i always do in this case. Naturally there is danger as the gang go about their business. We also meet Nevada's mother who promises to be another interesting character.

More please

another hit

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I love this series; it’s so quaint and funny. This plot was one of the better ones and the repartee as entertaining as ever. Excellent narration. A relaxing enjoyable listen.

Another great vinyl detective saga

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Despite the Vinyl Detective being a shamelessly pompous metropolitan, I do like these books.
Again, there is a really neat plot that nips along at a great pace and has a completely satisfying conclusion.
It’s entertaining even if you have limited affection for punk music, record miscellany or cats.
BUT someone should tell the narrator that Persephone is NOT pronounced percy-phone. Shudder.

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