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  • The Run Out Groove

  • The Vinyl Detective, Book 2
  • By: Andrew Cartmel
  • Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
  • Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (988 ratings)

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The Run Out Groove

By: Andrew Cartmel
Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
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Summary

When a mint copy of the final album by Valerian - England's great lost rock band of the 1960s - surfaces, all hell breaks loose. Finding this record triggers a chain of events culminating in our hero learning the true fate of the singer of Valerian, who died under equivocal circumstances just after...or was it just before the abduction of her two-year-old son?

Along the way the Vinyl Detective finds out what happened to the missing child, and it wasn't what anyone expected - or wanted - to hear.

©2017 Andrew Cartmel (P)2017 W. F. Howes Ltd
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"A quirky mystery of violent death and rare records." ( The Sunday Times)

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Best book in ages

Also check out written in dead wax.

Awesome captivating read with sublime description. Great scenes of jazz record shops and boutique coffee houses, took me right there.

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Groovy.

These adventures are thoroughly enjoyable, their characters at once fantastical and utterly believable. Great performance.

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another good installment

Great story again. Shame it's not the same narrator as the first one. but still looking forward to the third one.

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not as good as the last one

Shame this didn't match up to the last book for me. The story wasn't as good. I will check out the next one, as long as the Author drops the Cleanhead nickname, it's worn thin in this book and used too often

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Very pleasant read but a bit samey as the last one

I have really enjoyed listening it’s a bit silly in parts reminded me of the famous five. If the author can think up some different Plots ( ie someone is always one step ahead and gets implausible in the same way) they are onto a winner. Can see this a tv series too...

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fabulous listen

the narration was excellent
the characters were intriguing
story was great ..highly recommended
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Enjoyable

Fun and well paced, looking forward to listening to the rest of the series. Good narration

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Even better than the first

Great characters that bring the story to life.
really enjoying the series of the vinyl detectives.

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A great listen

One of my favourite books of the year. I'm onto the next in the series now!

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Funny, clever, sad, compassionate. A great listen.

A great multi leveled mystery story carries this book throughout. Blunt and compassionate at the same time, when dealing with a sad but bravely sketched character. Some very likable and some very unlikable characters. All of them fit the story perfectly. Andrew Cartmel shows some very good penmanship here - with one exception. As in the first book the protagonist fails to contact the police when subjected to murderous violence. That's just stupid.

Loved the narration. Loved the cats.

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