Tangled Web UK Review January 2007
Angel's Share by
Mike Ripley
pbk out October 07
(Allison Busby)
at £6.99
Most detective series of a comic or light-hearted nature have a short shelf life. It's
difficult to sustain reader engagement for too long if murder isn't taken seriously. So
those writers – examples include Simon Brett and, in the past, Colin Watson and
Joyce Porter – who manage to keep an amusing series fresh for years deserve to have
their craft recognised. Certainly this is true of Mike Ripley, whose books about
Fitzroy Maclean Angel have been produced by a variety of publishers for nearly
twenty years. I much enjoyed the early stories and having failed to catch up with some
of his more recent novels, I fell upon this one with considerable pleasure. Ripley's
strength lies in his old-fashioned desire to focus on entertaining the reader and
Angel's latest adventure is on a par with his best work.
(
Martin Edwards
- author of the highly acclaimed Harry Devlin Mysteries)
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