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The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) · Book 1

The Zig Zag Girl

by Elly Griffiths

Published
1 January 2014
Pages
1
ISBN-13
9781785410642
Type
novel

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About this book

Published in 2014, The Zig Zag Girl is the first entry in The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto), opening with a murder staged to mimic one of stage magician Max Mephisto's own tricks -- drawing him back into police work alongside his old wartime comrade, DI Edgar Stephens.

Its place in The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto)

The Zig Zag Girl is book 1 in the The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto) series. It is followed by Smoke and Mirrors. 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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