Written in Dead Wax

Written by Andrew Cartmel

Narrated by Ben Allen

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…

• Language: English
• Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd
• Release date: Aug 18, 2016
• ISBN: 9781510038752

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.

Reviews for Written in Dead Wax

[doug · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

OK so first up I'm a record man myself
.. not in the same league as these lot but still that helps. Yes there is a very interesting mystery , a cast of excellent characters and it's well narrated but the who story is about records, music and a wild story amongst this , thanks scribd , loved it.