Bøger af Mike Ripley

A propulsive, enthralling historical thriller by Mike Ripley, the acclaimed author of the new novels in Margery Allingham's beloved Albert Campion series. In Britain, the far western edge of Roman Empire, one Celtic tribe rebels against their ruthless oppressors. They are led by Boudica, their widowed queen, on a rampage of violence across the country. Reluctantly at her side is Olussa, a Roman spy struggling with torn loyalties and desperate to survive. But despite Boudica's initial success, he knows she and her tribe are doomed. Emperor Nero and the mighty Roman legions will drench Britain in blood to avoid being defeated by a woman. Praise for Mike Ripley "Ripley brings it all to life - and, alas, to death - with his customary plotting skill and the quality of his writing." Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse series. "A sanguinary, rousing, rule-breaking historical novel." The Literary Review "Brutal, foul-mouthed, extraordinarily witty and leaves you thinking that this was exactly what Boudica's rebellion was like." Bernard Cornwell, author of the Sharpe series "Ripley's novels are as witty as they are deftly plotted...boisterous and inventive." Phillip Kerr, author of the Bernie Gunther series. "Brilliantly brings to life, with acerbic wit, the glory and corruption of Roman Britain." Paul Doherty, winner of the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society's Lifetime Achievement Award "Clever, witty, and packed with intriguing characters, period ambiance, and unexpected twists." Booklist

The Golden Age of British Detective Fiction The idyllic English village of Lindsay Carfax isn't run by the parish council, the rating authority, the sanitary inspector nor the local cops as you might suppose. The real bosses are the Carders - something to do with wool, four hundred years back. They wound stuff on cards, I suppose. But these boys are very fly customers - they're right on the ball. Boiled down, it comes to this; they're a syndicate who run this place - which makes a packet - with their own rules. One way and another they probably own most of it." Thus ruminated Superintendent Charles Luke to Albert Campion who was contemplating visiting his wayward artistic niece in Carfax. And when a missing schoolteacher reappeared after nine days, and Campion's car was "inadvertently" damaged, not to mention Campion himself, then all the signs were that not all was what it seemed. Campion himself plays the central role in this quintessentially British mystery, but there are appearances too from all of Margery Allingham's regular characters, from Luke to Campion's former manservant Lugg, to his wife Lady Amanda Fitton and others. The dialogue is sharp and witty, the observation keen, and the climax is thrilling and eerily atmospheric.

The Danish Ambassador has requested Albert Campion's help on 'a delicate family matter'. His 18-year-old daughter has formed an attachment to a most unsuitable young man. Before Mr Campion can act on the matter however, both the Ambassador's daughter and her beau disappear without trace. Then a body is discovered in a lagoon.

When truth and legend conflict, which becomes history? - England, AD 1066. When William the Conqueror turns his eye on wealthy English monasteries, the abbey of Ely finds itself an unlikely champion in the brave but unpredictable Hereward, whose resistance to the Norman invaders soon leads to murder, deceit, robbery, rebellion and finally open war... A century later, a learned monk discovers the truth about Hereward as well as the legend. ..

Cambridge, 1965. Albert Campion's wife, Lady Amanda, is arrested by Special Branch for breaking the Official Secrets Act - all part of her elaborate plan to catch the person responsible for leaking sensitive aeronautical research from Alandel Aeroplanes. But her plan did not account for a bizarre and gruesome industrial accident at the hangar .

DreamRail is Michael Ripley's most recent work and is a collection of short stories written over a twelve-year period. DreamRail will come to be an enjoyable and entertaining read for many. There will be more ahead as stories keep coming, so look for more connected short stories in the future. Michael invites you to sit back, read and enjoy; whether in your home, at the bookstore, commuting on a bus or rail, or perhaps even on your own...DreamRail.

Angels Unaware is the thrilling, hilarious fifteenth and final entry in best-selling British author Mike Ripley's acclaimed series of comic crime novels featuring his most celebrated creation, streetwise chancer Fitzroy Maclean Angel.Now reluctantly working for Rudgard & Blugden Confidential Investigations, a previously all-female private detective agency, Angel takes on what at first appears to be a routine missing persons case for an old acquaintance. Soon, though, he finds himself getting caught up in a complex web of crime involving a Polish-born porn star, an East-European people-trafficking business and a motorbike-riding homicidal maniac - not to mention having to cope with his increasingly testing family responsibilities, including his newfound status as a father …This Telos Publishing reissue - the first since the novel's original hardback publication in 2008 - comes complete with a new, specially-written introduction by the author.'Pedigree gags, an audacious plot and the supreme pleasure of hearing an unmistakeable master tell the tale' - Literary Review.'As hilarious and outrageous as ever, fully justifying Ripley's tag as "England's funniest crime writer".' - Birmingham Post.'Downright funny. Long live the Ripster!' - Deadly Pleasures.

At the insistence of his fashionista wife, the currently heavily pregnant Amy May, streetwise chancer Fitzroy Maclean Angel has joined Rudgard & Blugden Confidential Investigations, a previously all-female private detective agency - although the vintage crime paperbacks he refers to as 'training manuals' still haven't sold him on the idea of having to go to work every day. His latest assignment is seemingly simple - to track down an elderly client's long-lost first love - but before long he is up to his eyes in problems, including dealing with a teenage internet scammer, being kidnapped on a motor-cruiser and getting caught up in a shoot-out between two deranged OAPs …Telos Publishing is proud to present another of its reissues of Mike Ripley's acclaimed series of comic crime novels - complete with a new, specially-written introduction by the author.'England's funniest crime writer' - Marcel Berlins, The Times.'Street wisdom, weird and wonderful information and very, very funny' - Michael Dibdin.