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The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) · Book 2

Smoke and Mirrors

by Elly Griffiths

Published
1 January 2015
Pages
345
ISBN-13
9781784290269
Type
novel

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About this book

Arriving in 2015, Smoke and Mirrors continues The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) between The Zig Zag Girl and The Blood Card, staying rooted in the fading world of post-war variety theatre that gives the series its suspects and settings.

Its place in The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto)

Smoke and Mirrors is book 2 in the The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) series. It follows The Zig Zag Girl. It is followed by The Blood Card. 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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