Mr Campion's Memory by Mike Ripley

Mr Campion's Memory by Mike Ripley

Albert Campion must dig deep into his memory to solve this latest mystery involving king of construction, Sir Lachlan McIntyre.London, 1972. Albert Campion's nephew Christopher, an aspiring public relations guru, needs his uncle's help with a client. Construction magnate Sir Lachlan McIntyre enjoyed a meteoric rise after the Second World War and is in line for a life peerage, but his reputation is in jeopardy as he becomes the prime suspect for a murder.Journalist David Duffy was curiously more interested in McIntyre's youthful years before the war than his rags-to-riches story. Not long after the pair exchanged verbal blows, Duffy was shot dead in his car close to the M1 motorway and McIntyre's home. Why was Campion's name included on a list discovered in Duffy's notebook under the heading 1932? What happened forty years ago, and could it be linked to Duffy's death? Campion must dig deep into his memory to get to the bottom of the mystery, but can he prove McIntyre's innocence, or is he just digging himself into trouble?

Mike Ripley is the author of twenty-four comic thrillers and historical novels, and has twice won the Crime Writers' Association's Last Laugh Award. He writes the Getting Away With Murder monthly review column for Shots Magazine, and he's also the author of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a'reader's history' of British action and spy thrillers from 1953 to 1975, which received the H.R.F. In 2017, the Keating Prize for nonfiction was given. With Mr Campion's Goodbye (Severn House, 2014; Black Thorn, 2019), he finished a novel started by Margery Allingham's husband, Pip Youngman Carter, in 1969 but never finished. Mr Campion's Fox, Mr Campion's Fault, Mr Campion's Abdication, Mr Campion's War, Mr Campion's Visit, and Mr Campion's Séance, he considers his attempts to fly solo with, and do honour to, a great literary figure.

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ISBN 13	9781448311088
ISBN 10	144831108X
Title	Mr Campion's Memory
Author	Mike Ripley
Series	An Albert Campion Mystery
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Canongate Books
Year published	2023-09-05
Number of pages	240
Prizes	Short-listed for CrimeFest - Last Laugh Award 2024 (UK)
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