{"product_id":"noise-floor-the-vinyl-detective-9781803367965","title":"Noise Floor: The Vinyl Detective","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Vinyl Detective plunges into the world of electronic dance music in his seventh adventure. Expect laughs, LPs, cats and the return of fan favourites, Nevada, Tinkler, Stinky Stanmer and more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Vinyl Detective enters the fraught and frenzied realm of electronic dance music. \u003cbr\u003eLambert Ramkin aka Imperium Dart, techno trickster and ambient music wizard of the 1990s, has gone walkabout, disappearing from his rather palatial home in Kent. \u003cbr\u003eThis isn't the first time he's pulled a vanishing act, but he's never been gone so long before and his wife -- wives, actually; it's complicated -- are worried and hire the Vinyl Detective to find the old rascal. \u003cbr\u003eThey theorise that wherever the missing man is, he won't be able to resist turning up at a record fair somewhere in search of 12-inch white label acid house singles, which he collects compulsively. \u003cbr\u003eAnd no one knows the world of record fairs better than the Vinyl Detective.\u003cbr\u003eThey're not wrong...\u003cbr\u003eBut once our hero finds the wandering Lamb the trouble really begins -- including terrifying mind-fucks with a side order of, if things break the wrong way, mass murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Cartmel\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eOz\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e for three years (search \"Cartmel masterplan\"). At the same time, he began writing for comics and today he co-writes the \u003ci\u003eRivers of London\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Titan Books (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610104533266,"sku":"9781803367965","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d91c3f2-a151-47f7-bd64-e4cab33618e7.jpg?v=1732333721","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/noise-floor-the-vinyl-detective-9781803367965","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}