The Zig Zag Girl
The Brighton Mysteries 1
$25.75
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2015
Summary
Brighton, 1950.
When a girl’s body is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is reminded of a magic trick, the Zig Zag Girl.
The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old friend of Edgar’s. They served together in the war as part of a shadowy unit called the Magic Men.
Max is still on the circuit, touring seaside towns in the company of ventriloquists, sword-swallowers and dancing girls. Changing times mean that variety is not what it once was, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784291969 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 178429196X |
| Author: | Elly Griffiths |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 132mm x 26mm |
| Series: | The Brighton Mysteries |
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Critics Review
Enormously engaging … Post-war Brighton and its Theatre Royal are beautifully captured in all their seedy glory … subtle, charming and very good - Daily Mail
A colourful crowd of ventriloquists and sword-swallowers, a world lovingly re-created in this original, lively and gripping work - IndependentThe historical detail is very well done … The Zig Zag Girl is an extremely well-written and well-researched novel - Literary ReviewAbout The Author
Elly Griffiths
Elly Griffiths is a multi-award-winning author and a No. 1 bestseller. She has written twenty-seven crime novels for adults; four for children, and a volume of short stories. Her books for adults include the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries, the Brighton Mysteries and the Detective Harbinder Kaur series, as well as The Frozen People, the first book in the Ali Dawson Mysteries.
Elly’s many accolades include the CWA Dagger in the Library, the Edgar Award, the Fingerprint Award for Crime Novel of the Year and the Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award, as well as being shortlisted multiple times for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year Award.
Elly has two grown-up children and lives near Brighton with her archaeologist husband and their cat, Pip.
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