Written in Dead Wax

Vinyl Detective #1

Andrew Cartmel

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Titan Books
01 August 2016

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery

Series: The Vinyl Detective

"He is a record collector — 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. Like 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 (and rather sinister) shadowy client. Given that he's just about to run out of cat biscuits, this gets our hero's full attention. So begins a painful and dangerous odyssey in search of the rarest jazz record of them all…"

By: Andrew Cartmel
Imprint: Titan Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 352g
ISBN: 9781783297672
ISBN 10: 1783297670
Series: The Vinyl Detective
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 01 August 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Cartmel is a novelist and screenwriter. His work for television includes Midsomer Murders and Torchwood, and a legendary stint as Script Editor on Doctor Who. He has also written plays for the London Fringe, toured as a stand-up comedian, and is currently co-writing with Ben Aaronovitch a series of comics based on the bestselling Rivers of London books. He lives in London.

Reviews for Written in Dead Wax: Vinyl Detective #1

An irresistible blend of murder, mystery and music... our protagonist seeks to find the rarest of records - and incidentally solve a murder, right a great historical injustice and , if he's very lucky, avoid dying in the process. - Ben; The Vinyl Detective is one of the sharpest and most original characters I've seen for a long time. - David Quantick.