Just Another Angel (Crime club) - Softcover

Ripley, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006177603 ISBN 13: 9780006177609

Publisher: Collins Crime, 1991

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

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'

Edition details

• Publisher: Collins Crime
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006177603
• ISBN 13: 9780006177609
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240