Elly Griffiths's Brighton Mysteries follow magician Max Mephisto and police officer Edgar Stephens through crimes in post-war Britain, beginning with The Zig Zag Girl in 1950. Their shared wartime past in a special unit called the Magic Men connects them, while Smoke and Mirrors, The Blood Card and later books continue through new investigations involving theatre, illusion and changing British society. Publication order is recommended because friendships and family circumstances develop across the sequence. The novels combine historical police procedural with stage magic and entertainment history, using tricks, misdirection and performers' knowledge as practical parts of the mysteries rather than supernatural explanations. Read more Less
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