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The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) · Book 5

Now You See Them

by Elly Griffiths
Published
1 January 2019
Pages
368
ISBN-13
9781786487346
Type
novel
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About this book

The fifth installment of The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto), Now You See Them runs 368 pages and appeared in 2019, continuing Edgar and Max's friendship and Edgar's relationship with policewoman Emma Holmes across the series' 1950s Brighton setting.

Key facts about Now You See Them

Now You See Them is a novel by Elly Griffiths. Readers have had it since 2019. It runs to 368 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Now You See Them. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781786487346 to find the main one.

Now You See Them is book 5 of 7 in The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) series. The series has 7 published books. However, the series starts with The Zig Zag Girl (2014). The Great Deceiver is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 24 October 2023.

Additionally, Elly Griffiths writes Ruth Galloway, Harbinder Kaur and A Girl Called Justice, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our mystery, middle grade and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, The Case of the Christmas Card is the latest published Elly Griffiths book on file, from 8 October 2026.

About Elly Griffiths

Elly Griffiths is the pen name of British novelist Domenica de Rosa, who worked in publishing and wrote several novels under her own name before turning to crime fiction. See every Elly Griffiths book in order.

Its place in The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto)

Now You See Them is book 5 in the The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) series. It follows The Vanishing Box. It is followed by The Midnight Hour. See the full The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) reading order.

Elly Griffiths's third detective series pairs DI Edgar Stephens with Max Mephisto, a stage magician, against the fading glamour of post-war Brighton. The two men served together during the Second World War in the Magic Men, a real-inspired shadowy military unit that used stage-magic deception techniques for wartime camouflage and misdirection — a shared history that gives their unlikely partnership its emotional foundation. The Zig Zag Girl (2014) opens with a murder staged to mimic one of Max's own magic tricks…

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