Written in Dead Wax

The Vinyl Detective, Book 1

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Written in Dead Wax

By: Andrew Cartmel

Narrated by: Ben Allen

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He is a record collector and 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.

For example, 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 yet shadowy client. And so begins a painful and dangerous odyssey in search of the rarest jazz record of them all....

Andrew CartmelBen AllenW. F. Howes LtdThe Vinyl Detective Mysteries

Cosy

Crime Fiction

Mystery

Suspense

Thriller & Suspense

Fiction

Crime

Funny

Cosy Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Funny

Critic reviews

"The Vinyl Detective is one of the sharpest and most original characters I've seen for a long time." (David Quantick)

"Marvellously inventive and endlessly fascinating." ( Publishers Weekly)

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I really enjoyed this story. It isn't a fast-paced, action-filled thriller, but an intelligent and intriguing story which just keeps leading you along at a comfortable pace and keeps you listening. I love the detail about the world of vinyl record collecting and the distinctly shady world of US jazz in the 40's and 50's. The characters are well-developed and the good guys are all believable and likeable. If I have a complaint, it is only a very minor one and that is that the way in which a key character emerges from a major event in the first part of the story to reappear in the second part is a little bit "and with one bound he was free!". Ben Allen's narration is excellent, well-paced and brings the characters to life. A very satisfying listen.