The Zig Zag Girl: The First Brighton Mystery (Brighton

The Zig Zag Girl: The First Brighton Mystery (Brighton Mysteries Book 1)

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In the first installment of a compelling new series by Elly Griffiths featuring Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and the magnificent Max Mephisto, a band of magicians who served together in World War II track a killer whoâ€™s performing their deadly tricks.

Brighton, 1950. The body of a girl is found cut into three pieces. Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is convinced the killer is mimicking a famous magic trickâ€”the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old war friend of Edgarâ€™s. They served together in a shadowy unit called the Magic Men, a special ops troop that used stage tricks to confound the enemy.Â
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Max is on the traveling show circuit, touring seaside towns with ventriloquists, sword-swallowers and dancing girls. Heâ€™s reluctant to leave this world to help Edgar investigate, but advises him to identify the victim quickly â€” it takes a special sidekickÂ to do the Zig Zag Girl. Those words come back to hauntÂ Max when the dead girl turns out to be Ethel, one of his best assistants to date. Heâ€™s soon at Edgarâ€™s side, hunting for Ethelâ€™s killer.Â
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Another death, another magic trick: Edgar and Max are sure the answer to the murders lies in their army days. And when Edgar receives a letter warning of another â€œtrickâ€ on the way â€” the Wolf Trap â€” he knows theyâ€™re all in the killerâ€™s sights.
Country USA
Manufacturer Mariner Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-09-15
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Mariner Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-09-15
Format	Kindle eBook

The Zig Zag Girl: The First Brighton Mystery (Brighton Mysteries Book 1)