Category Archives: Mike Ripley

MR CAMPION’S FAULT by Mike Ripley

Posted on 22 May 2016 by

Almost exactly fifty years after the death of Albert Campion creator Margery Allingham (1904-1966), her celebrated sleuth is back in action thanks to Mike Ripley with Mr Campion’s Fault, the third in his new series, following on directly from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Albert Campion, Margery Allingham, Mike Ripley | 14 Comments

TALES ON THE OFF-BEAT by Youngman Carter

Posted on 25 October 2015 by

Philip ‘Pip’ Youngman Carter was an illustrator, writer and also the husband of famed queen of crime, Margery Allingham. After her death he completed the Campion novel she had started, Cargo of Eagles (1968), and then went on to write … Continue reading →

Posted in Albert Campion, Margery Allingham, Mike Ripley, Ostara Publishing | 21 Comments

CALLAN UNCOVERED 2 by James Mitchell

Posted on 7 June 2015 by

Following on from the success of the first collection of James Mitchell’s long-thought lost short stories about his classic Cold War secret agent David Callan, here’s comes a very welcome and unexpected surprise – a sequel! The diffident protagonist was … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War, David Callan, Espionage, James Mitchell, Mike Ripley, Ostara Publishing | Tagged | 18 Comments

CALLAN UNCOVERED by James Mitchell

Posted on 23 November 2014 by

David Callan is an agent for British Intelligence and his great skill is marksmanship – but he is tortured by ethical and moral dilemmas. For every double agent uncovered or paid assassin eliminated, there is always a cost, usually borne … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War, David Callan, Espionage, James Mitchell, Mike Ripley, Ostara Publishing | Tagged | 26 Comments

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ANGEL by Mike Ripley

Posted on 2 November 2014 by

Fitzroy Maclean Angel is the driver of a de-licensed taxi who doubles as an unofficial private eye and triples as an occasional musician. Which is to say that he does a bit of this and a bit of that, surviving … Continue reading →

Posted in London, Mike Ripley, Scene of the crime | 28 Comments

Callan is back!

Posted on 23 October 2014 by

More great news from Mike Ripley and those great people at Ostara Publishing. Almost half a century after he first electrified British television screens in the “one-off” drama  A Magnum for Schneider, the enigmatic, ruthless and tragic hero David Callan … Continue reading →

Posted in David Callan, James Mitchell, Mike Ripley, Ostara Publishing | 30 Comments

THE SAINT IN EUROPE (1953) by Leslie Charteris

Posted on 16 May 2014 by

I can’t quite believe it but this may in fact be the first Saint book I have read in about 35 years! I do remember picking up some of the tie-ins reprinted when Return of the Saint premiered on TV in 1978 … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 Book to Movie Challenge, 2014 Vintage Mystery Challenge Bingo, Austria, Friday's Forgotten Book, Germany, Leslie Charteris, Mike Ripley, Paris, Rome, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands | Tagged | 59 Comments