Fresh Blood

by Mike Ripley, Maxim Jakubowski (Editor)

A terrific introduction to these articulate and unpredictable voices.""--Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review. ""A barbaric yawp from the other side of the pond. a collective manifesto from a new generation of angry young men & women.""-- Kirkus Reviews. ""The new crop of UK hardboilers is right on the money.""--Hardboiled

222 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1997

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.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Collection of crime short stories. There were two in here I really liked - Natural Selection by Ian Rankin and "My Cousin's Gratitude" by chaz Brenchly. The rest were "meh."





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