Andrew Cartmel
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Attack and Decay
Reviewed on 7th April 2024
Book six sees the Vinyl Detective and ever expanding posse head to Sweden on the trail of a rare special edition album which has totally nothing dangerous about it whatsoever.
Low Action
Reviewed on 17th September 2023
The fifth Vinyl Detective novel feels back on form after I found the previous one a little lacking.
Flip Back
Reviewed on 3rd April 2023
The fourth adventure for the Vinyl Detective sees him trying to track down a rare record for a friend, and visiting the quite wacky band who produced it.
Victory Disc
Reviewed on 3rd July 2022
The Vinyl Detective’s third adventure is triggered by the discovery of an ancient record from WW2, and the appearance of the daughter of a band member, who hires him to find more.
Body Work
Reviewed on 1st June 2022
I’m not typically one for graphic novels - but after reading the latest Rivers of London novel I finally decided that I was missing out on story by not consuming this format too, and so started here at the beginning.
Written in Dead Wax
Reviewed on 4th July 2021
On reading the second book in the series and writing a review, I discovered that I’d somehow missed reviewing this first book when I read it last October. So, based on what’s now a distant memory, here are my thoughts.
The Run Out Groove
Reviewed on 26th June 2021
The second book in the Vinyl Detective series has satisfactorily shifted me out of a bit of a reading rut and back into the groove. In this sequel we’re reunited with the familiar characters and cats from the first novel, as they are drawn into investigating a complex missing persons/records case.