The Zig Zag Girl
In the first installment of a compelling new series by Elly Griffiths, a band of magicians who served together in World War II track a killer who’s performing their deadly tricks. Brighton, 1950. The body of a girl is found cut into three pieces. Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is convinced...
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In the first installment of a compelling new series by Elly Griffiths, a band of magicians who served together in World War II track a killer who’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 trick—the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of t
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780544527942 (0544527941)
ASIN: 544527941
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Fiction,
Historical
Series: DI Stephens & Max Mephisto (#1)
"The Zig Zag Girl" is a period, very English, serial killer piece set mostly in post-war Brighton. It successfully draws upon the restless nature of a generation of men trying to adjust to civilian life after serving in World War II and on the then-dying sub-culture of Variety show performers who...
Brighton, 1950, variety shows are on the way out, magic shows not as popular as they had been, television soon to make its appearance. After the war Edgar wanted to make a difference in people's lives so though he was expected to return to Oxford, he decided instead to become a policeman. When a bod...
I saw that book two is coming out now this fall and thought perhaps it was time to read the first book since I have had the ARC just around a year waiting for me to read. Elly Griffiths is the author behind the Ruth Galloway series, a series I quite enjoy reading so I was curious to see how this new...
Publication Date: Available now from Quercus Source: Publisher Review Copy. Brighton, 1950. When the body of a girl 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. T...
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