Smoke and Mirrors: The Brighton Mysteries 2: Stephens and Mephisto Mystery 2 - Hardcover

Griffiths, Elly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1784290262 ISBN 13: 9781784290269

Publisher: Quercus Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Brighton, winter 1951.

Pantomime season is in full swing on the pier with Max Mephisto starring in Aladdin, but Max's headlines have been stolen by the disappearance ­­of two local children. When they are found dead in the snow, surrounded by sweets, it's not long before the press nickname them 'Hansel and Gretel'.

DI Edgar Stephens has plenty of leads to investigate. The girl, Annie, used to write gruesome plays based on the Grimms' fairy tales. Does the clue lie in Annie's unfinished - and rather disturbing - last script? Or might it lie with the eccentric theatricals who have assembled for the pantomime?

Once again Edgar enlists Max's help in penetrating the shadowy theatrical world that seems to hold the key. But is this all just classic misdirection?

About this title

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 (on The Zig Zag Girl) Original, lively and gripping - Independent (on The Zig Zag Girl) The historical detail is very well done . . . an extremely well-written and well-researched novel - Literary Review (on The Zig Zag Girl)

Book Description:

Chilling murder in the world of 1950s theatre - another case for DI Stephens and Max Mephisto for fans of Christopher Fowler's Bryant and May books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1784290262
• ISBN 13: 9781784290269
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352