The Blood Card
- Published
- 1 January 2016
- Pages
- 378
- ISBN-13
- 9780544750302
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Blood Card is the third book in The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto), published in 2016. It continues Edgar and Max's partnership, forged during their wartime service together in the real-inspired Magic Men unit.
Key facts about The Blood Card
The Blood Card is a novel by Elly Griffiths. Readers have had it since 2016. It runs to 378 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of The Blood Card. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780544750302 to find the main one.
The Blood Card is book 3 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)
The Blood Card is book 3 in the The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) series. It follows Smoke and Mirrors. It is followed by The Vanishing Box. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781328511928
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780544750302