Mike Ripley

British crime fiction author and critic, known for comic crime novels and work as a reviewer and editor within the crime-writing community.

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  1. 1. Buried Above Ground

    After decades of obscurity, mystery novelist Duncan Torrens draws sudden interest when a blogger and publishing figures start probing who controls the rights to his backlist. Told through five unreliable narrators—the Librarian, the Reader, the Publisher, the Editor and the Writer—the race to claim those rights uncovers secrets, rivalries and increasingly dangerous consequences. A darkly comic, twisty crime novel that plays with perspective without revealing the outcome.

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