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Mr Campion's Wings
Series: An Albert Campion Mystery
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Mr Campion's Wings
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.
A cunningly plotted and delightfully charming historical mystery full of wit and intrigue.
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A gruesome discovery at an aircraft hangar leads Albert Campion into a turbulent mystery set in Cambridge in the middle of the Cold War.
"Ripley again marries a crafty plotline with a persuasive evocation of Allingham's style and characterizations. Fans of the originals will be delighted" — Publishers Weekly Starred Review
"I have often said that my wife is a constant surprise to me."
Cambridge, 1965. The honorary doctorate ceremony for Albert Campion's wife takes a dramatic turn when Lady Amanda is arrested by Special Branch for breaking the Official Secrets Act.
Never before having taken much interest in his wife's work in cutting-edge aircraft design, Mr Campion sets out to discover more about the top-secret Goshawk Project in which Amanda is involved. He quickly realises he is not the only one keen to learn the secrets of the project.
When a badly mutilated body is discovered at the Goshawk Project's hangar — the result, it would appear, of a bizarre accident — Campion is drawn into a turbulent mix of industrial espionage and matters of national security. And as he attempts to get to the bottom of the deadly goings-on, it seems that the bicycles and punts are almost as dangerous as the aircraft...
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Mr Campion's Wings by Mike Ripley has been praised for its crafty plotline and persuasive evocation of Margery Allingham's style and characterisations, delighting fans of the original stories. It captures a strong sense of the times, making for a solid read that appeals to those who appreciate well-crafted, period crime fiction.
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ISBN: 9780727850409
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 28 October 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Severn House
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 225.0mm
Weight: 405g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Mike Ripley has twice won the Crime Writers' Association's Last Laugh Award, and is the author of twenty-four comedy thrillers and historical novels. He writes a hugely respected monthly review column for Shots Magazine entitled Getting Away With Murder and is also the author of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a 'reader's history' of the heyday of British action and spy thrillers, 1953-75, which won the H.R.F. Keating Award for non-fiction in 2017.
With Mr Campion's Farewell (Severn House, 2014 and Black Thorn, 2019), he completed a manuscript left unfinished in 1969 by Margery Allingham's widower, Pip Youngman Carter. He regards the follow-ups including Mr Campion's Visit, Mr Campion's Séance and Mr Campion's Coven as his attempts 'to fly solo with, and do justice to, a great fictional character'.
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