
Written in Dead Wax
The Vinyl Detective, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Ben Allen
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By:
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Andrew Cartmel
About this listen
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....
©2016 Andrew Cartmel (P)2016 W.F. Howes LtdCritic reviews
A satisfying slow-burner of a story
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Lots of substance, let down by the plot
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Having read three books in this series I assure you that they get better, though they are only trashy fun. Dead wax is the author finding his feet and can get a bit long winded and rambling at times. The female characters are the weakest and most annoying, and very much written in the male gaze.
But there are fun and funny moments, the main premise is different and intriguing enough to make it stand out from other mysteries. Though the biggest intrigue of all is how the main character can afford to live alone in a two bedroom apartment in London without a consistent income.
Production wise the narrator is okay, not how I imagined the character would sound and I’ve heard better performances. Also call me crazy, but with a audiobook about jazz, I expected jazz music? But no, no musical intro, not even before the title which was disappointing.
Cats and coffee
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Narration is good throughout and the reader’s tone suits the character.
Intriguing idea, but loses its way.
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Amazing Musical Mystery
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The part with Nevada seemed like separate story to the one with Rhi. Felt like it could of been shorter and still with great twists.
Still worth a listen but you will need some patience
Worth a listen but tad too long
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yawn
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Written in dead wax
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The Jury is still out
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Needlessly contrived
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