The Great Deceiver
- Published
- 24 October 2023
- Pages
- 344
- ISBN-13
- 9781529409918
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Great Deceiver followed The Midnight Hour in 2023, closing out The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) as its most recent installment -- the seventh and last chapter in Edgar and Max's partnership, born of their wartime service in the Magic Men.
Key facts about The Great Deceiver
The Great Deceiver is a novel by Elly Griffiths. Readers have had it since 24 October 2023. It runs to 344 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of The Great Deceiver. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781529409918 to find the main one.
The Great Deceiver is book 7 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). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
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 Great Deceiver is book 7 in the The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) series. It follows 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781529409901
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781529409925
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781529409918