The Zig Zag Girl: The Brighton Mysteries 1
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Zig Zag Girl: The Brighton Mysteries 1
By (Author) Elly Griffiths
Quercus Publishing
Quercus Publishing
8th September 2015
16th July 2015
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 28mm
240g
Description
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, yet Max is reluctant to leave this world to help Edgar investigate. But when the dead girl turns out to be known to him, Max changes his mind. Another death, another magic trick: Edgar and Max become convinced that the answer to the murders lies in their army days. When Edgar receives a letter warning of another 'trick', the Wolf Trap, he knows that they are all in the killer's sights...Reviews
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 ReviewAuthor Bio
Elly Griffiths is the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries and the Brighton Mysteries. She has won the CWA Dagger in the Library, has been shortlisted five times for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for The Lantern Men. Her new series featuring Detective Harbinder Kaur began with The Stranger Diaries, which was a Richard and Judy book club pick and won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in the USA. It was followed by The Postscript Murders, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and Bleeding Heart Yard. Elly has two grown-up children and lives near Brighton with her archaeologist husband.
