Double Take

Mike Ripley. Do-Not Press, $14.95 (302pp) ISBN 978-1-899344-81-9

Readers get two books in one with British author Mike Ripley's Double Take, which includes the first stand-alone novel by the creator of the Angel series and a screenplay adaptation. A heist at Heathrow Airport, inspired by an Agatha Christie plot, provides plenty of fast-paced thrills with a comic edge.

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