The Midnight Hour
- Published
- 1 January 2021
- Pages
- 360
- ISBN-13
- 9781787477582
- Type
- novel
About this book
As the sixth book in The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto), The Midnight Hour follows Now You See Them, moving the series further into the 1960s as post-war Brighton's variety theatre world keeps fading around Edgar and Max.
Key facts about The Midnight Hour
The Midnight Hour is a novel by Elly Griffiths. Readers have had it since 2021. It runs to 360 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of The Midnight Hour. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781787477582 to find the main one.
The Midnight Hour is book 6 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 Midnight Hour is book 6 in the The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) series. It follows Now You See Them. It is followed by The Great Deceiver. 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 9780358578857
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781787477582
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781787477605