Mike Ripley

Mike Ripley is the author of the award-winning ‘Angel’ series of comedy thrillers, which have twice won the CWA Last Laugh Award. It has been said that he ‘paints a picture of London Dickens would recognize’ and that ‘he writes like the young Len Deighton, weird and wonderful information and very, very funny’. Described as ‘England’s funniest crime writer’ (The Times), he is also a respected critic of crime fiction, writing for the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Times and the Birmingham Post among others.

Books in order of publication:

Fitzroy Maclean Angel series

Just Another Angel (1988)

Angel Touch (1989)

Angel Hunt (1990)

Angels in Arms (1991)

Angel City (1994)

Angel Confidential (1995)

Family of Angels (1996)

That Angel Look (1997)

Bootlegged Angel (1999)

Lights, Camera, Angel (2001)

Angel Underground (2002)

Angel on the Inside (2003)

Angel In The House (2005)

Angel’s Share (2006)

Angels Unaware (2008)

Angels and Others (short stories, 2015)

Mr. Campion Novels

Mr. Campion’s Farewell (after P. Youngman Carter) (2014)

Mr. Campion’s Fox (2015)

Mr. Campion’s Fault (2016)

Mr. Campion’s Abdication (2017)

Mr. Campion’s War (2018)

Mr. Campion’s Visit (2019)

Mr. Campion’s Seance (2020)

Mr. Campion’s Coven (2021)

Mr. Campion’s Wings (2021) 

Mr. Campion’s Mosaic (2022)

Mr. Campion’s Memory (2023)

Mr. Campion’s Christmas (2024)

Non-series novels

Double Take (2002)

Boudica and the Lost Roman (2005)

The Legend of Hereward the Wake (2007)

Buried Above Ground (2025)

Non-fiction

Surviving a Stroke (2006)

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: the boom in British thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed (2017)