Elly Griffiths: The Brighton Mysteries Books 1 to 6
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Meet Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and his old comrade, magician Max Mephisto. Edgar and Max served together during the war as a part of a shadowy unit called the Magic Men. Now the fighting is over, the two men are brought together when a magic trick ends in murder.
Join Stephens and Mephisto as they investigate a variety of cases, featuring murdered theatre impresarios, missing children and anarchist plots.
Fans of Agatha Christie will love these historical murder mysteries for their gripping plots and brilliant combination of murder, mystery and magic.
Praise for the Brighton Mysteries
'Subtle, charming and very good' Daily Mail
'Original, lively and gripping' Independent
'Recalls the best of Agatha Christie' Sunday Express
'Well-written and well-researched' Literary Review
'Full of period detail, smart plotting and likable characters' Mail on Sunday
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About the author
Elly Griffiths is a multi-award-winning author and a No. 1 bestseller. She has written twenty-eight 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 and The Killing Time, the first two books 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 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.
