Manipulated by his mother into helping out with a chaotic archaelogical dig in rural Suffolk, Angel is surprised when his fashion-designer wife Amy insists on accompanying him. In charge of the dig is an elderly eccentric apparently convinced that he will find the remains of Queen Boudica's royal mint on his own property. However, there have been sinister accidents on site and several diggers have been attacked - and, with his usual knack for finding trouble, Angel gets drawn into investigating a mystery far more recent than the Iron Age ... Telos Publishing is proud to present another in its...
Manipulated by his mother into helping out with a chaotic archaelogical dig in rural Suffolk, Angel is surprised when his fashion-designer wife Amy in...
Angels and Others is the comprehensive, first ever collection of short stories by acclaimed British crime writer Mike Ripley, and comes complete with a specially-written author's introduction. Thirteen stories are featured, six of which involve Ripley's most famous creation, streetwise chancer Fitzroy Maclean Angel. And one of these Angel stories, 'Ealing Comedy', is exclusive to this collection - Ripley's first new short story of any kind to appear in print for over 15 years As an added bonus, the book features the previously unpublished full script for an unmade TV movie adaptation of the...
Angels and Others is the comprehensive, first ever collection of short stories by acclaimed British crime writer Mike Ripley, and comes complete with ...
Streetwise chancer Fitzroy Maclean Angel, faced with the prospect of parenthood and a move to the country, has to do the unthinkable - get a job. At the insistence of his fashion designer wife Amy May, he joins Rudgard & Blugden Confidential Investigations, a previously all-female private detective agency. While trying to solve a seemingly impossible crime involving stolen botox, he is distracted by a vivacious redhead with a passion for salsa dancing; a Russian sailor dealing in old East German cars; an estate agent with a passion for Audrey Hepburn; and some very strange goings-on in...
Streetwise chancer Fitzroy Maclean Angel, faced with the prospect of parenthood and a move to the country, has to do the unthinkable - get a job. At t...