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Immergetevi nella Gran Bretagna del dopoguerra, dove si svolgono misteri sconcertanti che fondono la dura realtà del lavoro di polizia con l'enigmatico mondo della magia teatrale. Questa serie segue un detective esperto e il suo vecchio commilitone, un mago dal passato oscuro, mentre affrontano assassini i cui metodi riecheggiano le grandi illusioni del palcoscenico. Le loro indagini attingono spesso a esperienze condivise e clandestine del loro servizio durante la guerra, aggiungendo strati di intrigo e pericolo. Preparatevi per un avvincente viaggio nella narrativa poliziesca storica, dove illusione e realtà si confondono con conseguenze mortali.

The Vanishing Box
Now You See Them
The Zig Zag Girl
The midnight hour
The Blood Card
Smoke and Mirrors

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    The Zig Zag Girl

    • 352pagine
    • 13 ore di lettura
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    Brighton, 1950. When a girl's body 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. They served together in the war as part of a shadowy unit called the Magic Men. Max is still on the circuit, touring seaside towns in the company of ventriloquists, sword-swallowers and dancing girls. Changing times mean that variety is not what it once was, yet Max is reluctant to leave this world to help Edgar investigate. But when the dead girl turns out to be known to him, Max changes his mind. Another death, another magic trick: Edgar and Max become convinced that the answer to the murders lies in their army days. When Edgar receives a letter warning of another 'trick', the Wolf Trap, he knows that they are all in the killer's sights...

    The Zig Zag Girl
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    Smoke and Mirrors

    • 400pagine
    • 14 ore di lettura
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    Brighton, 1950s, mid-winter. Two missing children are found buried under snow in this chilling new case for DI Stephens and Max Mephisto. Max's star turn in Aladdin has been overshadowed by the murder of two local children. With fairy tales in the air, it's not long before the press have found a nickname for the case: 'Hansel and Gretel'. 'An excellent whodunnit, matched by the terrific down-at-heel atmosphere of postwar Brighton' - The Times DI Edgar Stephens has plenty of leads to investigate. The missing girl, Annie, used to write plays and perform them with her friends. Does the clue lie in Annie's unfinished - and rather disturbing - last script? Or might it lie with the eccentric actor types 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?

    Smoke and Mirrors
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    Now You See Them

    • 384pagine
    • 14 ore di lettura
    3,9(3036)Aggiungi una valutazione

    A gripping Brighton-based mystery from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway series - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie, cosy crime and TV series such as Grantchester and Midsomer Murders

    Now You See Them
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