Mr Campion''s Wings

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

Cambridge, 1965. Albert Campion's wife, Lady Amanda, is arrested by Special Branch for breaking the Official Secrets Act - so Campion sets out to discover more about her work in cutting-edge aircraft design. But after a bizarre and gruesome industrial accident at the hangar, he realizes he is not the only one keen to learn the secrets of her work.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Ripley, Mike (Contributor) Ripley, Ripley Mike
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780727850409
• ISBN: 978-0-7278-5040-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: An Albert Campion Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Historical crime novels; Cambridge, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Historical mysteries, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Cambridgeshire, c 1960 to c 1970, Historical crime and mysteries, Classic crime and mystery fiction, c 1960 to c 1969, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General