Band-leader, Fitzroy Maclean Angel, agrees to help an enigmatic lady, Jo Scamp, recover some stolen jewellery. But what begins as a simple search soon develops into violence involving a deranged London gangster and a policeman with a vendetta.
Rule of Life No. 477: When a woman admits that it's difficult for her to ask for something, leave immediately.
Forgetting his own good advice, trumpet-player Angel (christened Fitzroy Maclean Angel) agrees to help the enigmatic Jo Scamp, a lady of brief but intimate acquaintance. And what begins with the simple recovery of stolen jewellery develops into violence involving a deranged London gangster and a policeman with vendetta.
The nastiness comes unpleasantly close to home, but if you've a working knowledge of the seamy underside of London, a trusty black taxi called Armstrong and a cynical black cat called Springsteen to rely on, you can handle it...Can't you?
"One of the best first novels of the year".
'Times Literary Supplement'
"Slangy but educated Angel...could become a habit".
'Sunday Times'
"Brisk, eventful and genuinely funny".
'Literary Review'
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