RARA-AVIS: Mike Ripley
dspurlock@humana.com
Thu, 7 May 1998 08:17:46 -0400
Recently read Mike Ripley's THAT ANGEL LOOK. Not necessarily
what I'd call
hard-boiled, but a fun tale. Published by the DO NOT PRESS,
which has
released a number of new crime novels. Judging by the FRESH
BLOOD
anthologies that Ripley co-edits, he seems to fit into that
British New
Wave Crime genre that Russell James and others seem a part of.
But THAT
ANGEL LOOK strikes me as more of a FLETCH IN LONDON sort of
novel. This is
the first Ripley novel I've read, and the others seem to be out
of print.
Anyone else out there familiar with his work? Is the humor
elevated over
the crime element in all of his books? -- Duane
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