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    The Run Out Groove
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    Written in Dead Wax
    Audiobook series5 titles

    Vinyl Detective Series

    Written by Andrew Cartmel

    Narrated by Finlay Robertson and Ben Allen

    3.5/5

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    About this series

    The Vinyl Detective plunges into the world of electronic dance music in his seventh adventure. Expect laughs, LPs, cats and the return of fan favourites, Nevada, Tinkler, Stinky Stanmer and more.

    The Vinyl Detective enters the fraught and frenzied realm of electronic dance music.

    Lambert Ramkin aka Imperium Dart, techno trickster and ambient music wizard of the 1990s, has gone walkabout, disappearing from his rather palatial home in Kent.

    This isn't the first time he's pulled a vanishing act, but he's never been gone so long before and his wife — wives, actually; it's complicated — are worried and hire the Vinyl Detective to find the old rascal.

    They theorise that wherever the missing man is, he won't be able to resist turning up at a record fair somewhere in search of 12-inch white label acid house singles, which he collects compulsively.

    And no one knows the world of record fairs better than the Vinyl Detective.

    They're not wrong…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateAug 18, 2016
    The Run Out Groove
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    Written in Dead Wax

    Titles in the series (6)

    • 1

      Written in Dead Wax
      Written in Dead Wax

      Written in Dead Wax

      Andrew Cartmel
      4/5 - 18 ratings
      4/5 - 18 ratings

      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…

      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…

    • 2

      The Run Out Groove
      The Run Out Groove

      The Run Out Groove

      Andrew Cartmel
      4/5 - 15 ratings
      4/5 - 15 ratings

      When a mint copy of the final album by Valerian - England's great lost rock band of the 1960s, surfaces, all hell breaks loose. Finding this record triggers a chain of events culminating in our hero learning the true fate of the singer Valerian, who died under equivocal circumstances just after... or was it just before the abduction of her two-year-old son? Along the way, the Vinyl Detective finds out what happened to the missing child, and it wasn't what anyone expected, or wanted, to hear.

      When a mint copy of the final album by Valerian - England's great lost rock band of the 1960s, surfaces, all hell breaks loose. Finding this record triggers a chain of events culminating in our hero learning the true fate of the singer Valerian, who died under equivocal circumstances just after... or was it just before the abduction of her two-year-old son? Along the way, the Vinyl Detective finds out what happened to the missing child, and it wasn't what anyone expected, or wanted, to hear.

    • 4

      Flip Back
      Flip Back

      Flip Back

      Andrew Cartmel
      4/5 - 15 ratings
      4/5 - 15 ratings

      It's all Tinkler's fault. If it weren't for his obsession with the 1970s band, Black Dog, none of this would have happened. The members of Black Dog performed an infamous publicity stunt on Halig Island: they burned a million dollars on an enormous bonfire. But the stunt backfired, splitting the band for good, and increasing the value of their final, recalled album tenfold. The Vinyl Detective and Nevada accept the challenge to hunt a copy down for Tinkler, but soon realize that the search is going to be their most dangerous yet. Narrowly avoiding a killing spree, negotiating deranged fans, and being pursued by hack celebrity Stinky Stamner, they discover that perhaps all was not as it seemed on Halig Island—and that in the embers of that fire are clues of a motive for murder… The fourth book in the hilarious and enthralling Vinyl Detective mystery series.

      It's all Tinkler's fault. If it weren't for his obsession with the 1970s band, Black Dog, none of this would have happened. The members of Black Dog performed an infamous publicity stunt on Halig Island: they burned a million dollars on an enormous bonfire. But the stunt backfired, splitting the band for good, and increasing the value of their final, recalled album tenfold. The Vinyl Detective and Nevada accept the challenge to hunt a copy down for Tinkler, but soon realize that the search is going to be their most dangerous yet. Narrowly avoiding a killing spree, negotiating deranged fans, and being pursued by hack celebrity Stinky Stamner, they discover that perhaps all was not as it seemed on Halig Island—and that in the embers of that fire are clues of a motive for murder… The fourth book in the hilarious and enthralling Vinyl Detective mystery series.

    • 5

      Low Action: The Vinyl Detective Mysteries Book 5
      Low Action: The Vinyl Detective Mysteries Book 5

      Low Action: The Vinyl Detective Mysteries Book 5

      Andrew Cartmel
      4/5 - 5 ratings
      4/5 - 5 ratings

      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, 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 that Helene got fired - even their old roadie could be in on it. "Like an old 45rpm record, this book crackles with brilliance." DAVID QUANTICK on Written in Dead Wax. “Hilarious and thrilling.” BEN AARONOVITCH.

      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, 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 that Helene got fired - even their old roadie could be in on it. "Like an old 45rpm record, this book crackles with brilliance." DAVID QUANTICK on Written in Dead Wax. “Hilarious and thrilling.” BEN AARONOVITCH.

    • 7

      Noise Floor: The Vinyl Detective Mysteries, Book 7
      Noise Floor: The Vinyl Detective Mysteries, Book 7

      Noise Floor: The Vinyl Detective Mysteries, Book 7

      Andrew Cartmel
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      The Vinyl Detective plunges into the world of electronic dance music in his seventh adventure. Expect laughs, LPs, cats and the return of fan favourites, Nevada, Tinkler, Stinky Stanmer and more. The Vinyl Detective enters the fraught and frenzied realm of electronic dance music. Lambert Ramkin aka Imperium Dart, techno trickster and ambient music wizard of the 1990s, has gone walkabout, disappearing from his rather palatial home in Kent. This isn't the first time he's pulled a vanishing act, but he's never been gone so long before and his wife — wives, actually; it's complicated — are worried and hire the Vinyl Detective to find the old rascal. They theorise that wherever the missing man is, he won't be able to resist turning up at a record fair somewhere in search of 12-inch white label acid house singles, which he collects compulsively. And no one knows the world of record fairs better than the Vinyl Detective. They're not wrong…

      The Vinyl Detective plunges into the world of electronic dance music in his seventh adventure. Expect laughs, LPs, cats and the return of fan favourites, Nevada, Tinkler, Stinky Stanmer and more. The Vinyl Detective enters the fraught and frenzied realm of electronic dance music. Lambert Ramkin aka Imperium Dart, techno trickster and ambient music wizard of the 1990s, has gone walkabout, disappearing from his rather palatial home in Kent. This isn't the first time he's pulled a vanishing act, but he's never been gone so long before and his wife — wives, actually; it's complicated — are worried and hire the Vinyl Detective to find the old rascal. They theorise that wherever the missing man is, he won't be able to resist turning up at a record fair somewhere in search of 12-inch white label acid house singles, which he collects compulsively. And no one knows the world of record fairs better than the Vinyl Detective. They're not wrong…

    Author

    Andrew Cartmel

    Andrew Cartmel was born in London and grew up in midwestern Canada where, among other things, he learned the meaning of the words “wind chill factor.” The fine public libraries of his childhood provided a rich feast (Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, the Oz books) and Andrew never wanted to be anything except a writer. On returning to London to study at university, his game plan was to support himself writing for television while getting established as a novelist. This led him into a detour ― and down a rabbit hole ― which included a distinguished sojourn script editing Doctor Who for three years (search “Cartmel masterplan”). At the same time, he began writing for comics and today he co-writes the Rivers of London graphic novels. A playwright and 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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