Double Take: The Novel and the Script

by Mike Ripley

A heist at Heathrow Airport, inspired by an Agatha Christie plot, provides plenty of fast-paced thrills with a comic edge.""--Publishers Weely ""When a well-orchestrated drug bust by London police near Heathrow nets a truck-load of drugs but no dealers, Chief Inspector McEvoy uses carefully placed disinformation to lure them to a local, rundown police station. As police wait for the motley crew of ethnically and mentally diverse crooks to arrive, confederates of their targets inundate the station with bogus crime victims. Picturesque humor and witty one-liners punctuate the narrative, even when thoughts turn to theft of another type of drug. With quirky characters, off-the-wall tone, and unpredictable plot.""--Library Journal

302 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2002

About the author

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 recognise' and that 'he writes like the young Len Deighton, wierd 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.