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Part of series: The Brighton Mysteries Part 1
Key ideas from the book
- The story follows Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens investigating a murder in 1950 Brighton.
- A magic trick known as the Zig Zag Girl provides a clue to the crime.
- Edgar enlists his old friend Max Mephisto, now a touring variety performer.
- The investigation links the murders to Edgar and Max’s wartime service in the Magic Men.
- The novel offers a glimpse of the variety circuit as its popularity begins to fade.
About The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
Brighton, 1950: a girl’s body is discovered in a form that recalls the Zig Zag Girl, a magic trick. Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens recognises the connection to Max Mephisto, the trick’s inventor and an old friend from their wartime service in a secret unit called the Magic Men.
Max is now a performer touring seaside towns with a variety troupe, but the dead girl’s connection to him draws him into Edgar’s investigation. As further deaths echo magic tricks and a warning points to another, Edgar and Max suspect the answers lie in their army days. This first Brighton Mysteries novel combines a historical crime investigation with the world of postwar variety entertainment.
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