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Written in Dead Wax

The First Vinyl Detective Mystery

Andrew Cartmel author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Titan Books Ltd

Published:10th May '16

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Interviews and reviews in national broadsheets;Extracts and reviews on crime and books websites;Interviews, extracts and reviews in crime, entertainment and lifestyle magazines;Promotion on Titanbooks.com and Titanbooks social media channels;A brand-new mystery series featuring the Vinyl Detective - where the search for a valuable record so often leads to murder...;Appeal for fans of Colin Bateman, Malcolm Price, Declan Burke, Nick Hornby and Robert Lewis

He is 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, yet shadowy, client.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, yet shadowy, client. So begins a painful and dangerous odyssey in search of the rarest jazz record of them all...

"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.

ISBN: 9781783297672

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 30mm

Weight: 352g

320 pages