I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass (The Christy Kennedy Mysteries) - Softcover

Charles, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 154055855X ISBN 13: 9781540558558

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Peter O’Browne, managing director of Camden Town Records, is missing. Is his disappearance connected with a mysterious fire that ravages his north London home? And just who was using his credit card in darkest Dorset? Although up to his neck in other cases, Detective Inspector Christy Kennedy and his team investigate, plumbing the hidden depths of London’s music industry, turning up murder, chart-rigging scams, blackmail and worse. I love The Sound of Breaking Glass is a detective story with a difference. Part whodunit, part howdunnit and part love story, it features a unique method of murder, a plot with more twists and turns than the road from Kingsmarkham to St Mary Mead. “Christy Kennedy is no Cracker or Sherlock—he prefers tea to whiskey or junk—but his passion for solving complex puzzles and cunning crimes drives this book, page after page." —News of the World "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass—An intriguing glimpse of how the Music Business works—a Smash Hit!" —The Press Association "I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass—Paul Charles reveals himself as a master of the crime novel ... Judging by the cracking good read of this, his debut effort, he has a lot to offer readers eager not only for a fast-moving, intelligent plot, but also in terms of gaining an insight into the heady, wheeling-dealing world of the record industry." —The Big Issue "More original than the usual run of police novels. Charles makes good use of his inside knowledge of the rock business—an author to watch." —Martin Edwards, Solicitor's Journal

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Review

Musical references of the pop persuasion dot this tasty first mystery by a noted British rock promoter like raisins in a good rice pudding. Starting with the title (a Nick Lowe song), sounds and quotes (by Don Williams, Paul Simon, ABBA, and Laurie Anderson) follow North London police inspector Christy Kennedy through his investigation of murder and arson in the recording industry. Paul Charles lives in and obviously loves the Camden Town neighborhood he writes about with shrewd affection ("There's nothing like staring down the barrel of a revolver to give a person a clear head. Usually such sharpness of vision occurs on early walks on Primrose Hill..."). The neighborhood itself becomes an important character in his lively, detail-rich story about Kennedy's search for a missing record tycoon. Even if you've never been to London or listened to Nick Lowe, you should enjoy I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass.

From the Inside Flap

Praise for Last Boat to Camden Town

"This fast-paced, easy-to-read first novel (Last Boat to Camden Town) will have readers eagerly anticipating his second."
- The Tampa Tribune

"I predict a long series life for Kennedy, and wonder if the series hits bestsellerdom if there will be a tea named after Kennedy."
- Maggie Mason, Deadly Pleasures

"With no graphic violence or sex, this cozy police procedural will also appeal to fans of tradtional whodunits."
- Publishers Weekly

"Readers will enjoy this tale due to the protagonist, a fine unassuming police detective steadily doing his job."
- Harriet Klausner, The Midwest Book Review

"Last Boat to Camden Town is fast paced with delightful characters. Written without an unnecessary word..."
- BookLoons Review

"...Christy is an appealingly unpretentious hero fit to while away a quiet couple of hours."
- Kirkus Reviews

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 154055855X
• ISBN 13: 9781540558558
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318