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Mike Ripley was born in 1952. As well as being a noted critic and Lecturer in Crime Writing, he is the author of the ‘Angel’ series of crime novels, for which he has twice been the recipient of a Crime Writers’ Association Award. Working with the Margery Allingham Society, he completed the Albert Campion novel left unfinished, Mr Campion’s Farewell, and has written further continuation novels in the series.

De la contraportada

Almost before he knows it, Angel is on his latest case, which involves a dubious religious cult, an impoverished minor aristocrat with a love of classic cars, a very shady solicitor and his extremely odd wife.

And he has to cope with his new partner in detection, Veronica Blugden, the most politically incorrect female PI in London, to whom his faithful cat Springsteen has taken a violent and instant dislike.

As if this wasn't enough, Angel also undertakes to find out why Veronica's office is being vandalised and where his bike-riding friend Crimson is getting all that mysterious white powder…

‘The celebrated Ripley one-liners turn up all over the place. It's sharp and very funny’
SUSANNA YAGER, 'Sunday Telegraph'

‘As always, Ripley offers sharp satirical comment on modern Britain and London in particular’
GEORGE OSGERBY,' Tribune'