Mr Campion''s Seance

About the author

Mike Ripley is the author of the award-winning 'Angel' series of comedy thrillers which have twice won the CWA Last Laugh Award. Described as 'England's funniest crime writer' (The Times), he is also a respected critic of crime fiction, writing for the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, The Times and Shots Magazine.

Ripley first learned of the final unfinished Campion novel when he was a guest speaker at the Margery Allingham Society's annual convention. He offered - and received the Margery Allingham Society's blessing - to complete the manuscript on the adventures of Albert Campion, who Ripley describes as 'one of the brightest stars in the rich firmament of British crime writing'.

Summary

1946, London. The crime at the heart of The Bottle Party Murder, the new detective novel from Albert Campion's godsibling Evadne Childe, bears several striking similarities to a real, recent and unsolved murder in Soho. But Evadne wrote the book before the murder occurred - so is it just a weird coincidence, or is something more sinister afoot?

Product details

• Authors: Mike Ripley, Mike (Contributor) Ripley, Ripley Mike
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780727889614
• ISBN: 978-0-7278-8961-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: An Albert Campion Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Historical crime novels; London, Greater London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Historical mysteries, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, Historical crime and mysteries, c 1940 to c 1949, C 1945 To C 1960, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General