Smoke and Mirrors
by Elly Griffiths
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Pub Date 5 Nov 2015 | Archive Date 3 Feb 2016
Description
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?
Advance Praise
For the Ruth Galloway series:
Griffiths weaves superstition and myth into her crime novels, skilfully treading a line between credulity and modern methods of detection - Sunday Times
A memorable, breathless race against time . . . One of the most cinematic finales in recent
British crime novels - Daily Telegraph
‘Griffiths writes ever-more ingenious detective stories with a powerful sense of place and a varied cast of sympathetic and unusual characters. Her heroine is a winner.’ - The Times
‘Ruth Galloway is the most engaging character in modern crime fiction – a real find’
Kate Mosse
For the Stephens and Mephisto series:
‘Enormously engaging ... Post-war Brighton and its Theatre Royal are beautifully captured in all their seedy glory ... subtle, charming and very good’ Daily Mail
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781784290269 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
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